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Encephalitis

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Simultaneous membrane and RNA binding by Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus capsid protein

Tick-borne encephalitis virus is an enveloped, pathogenic, RNA virus in the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. Viral particles are formed when the nucleocapsid, consisting of an RNA genome and multiple copies of the capsid protein, buds through the end ...

PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE2023

Persistence of sewage-borne enteroviruses through chlorination treatment

Jade Brandani

Enteroviruses are a leading cause in a diversity of severe human diseases worldwide and the presence of these viruses in recreational water can present a risk for human health. Viruses' capacity to persist in the outside environment is limited but some vir ...

2019

Distribution of superparamagnetic Au/Fe nanoparticles in an isolated guinea pig brain with an intact blood brain barrier

Francesco Stellacci, Paulo Henrique Jacob Silva

Diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders, such as epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases and tumors, would benefit from innovative approaches to deliver therapeutic or diagnostic compounds into the brain parenchyma, with either a homogeneous or a targeted ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2018

Rivastigmine decreases brain damage in HIV patients with mild cognitive deficits

David Paul Roger Romascano, Reto Meuli, Alessandro Daducci, Cristina Granziera, Djalel Eddine Meskaldji, Guillaume Bonnier, Ruslan Aydarkhanov, François Lazeyras

Rivastigmine has been shown to improve cognition in HIV+ patients with minor neurocognitive disorders; however, the mechanisms underlying such beneficial effect are currently unknown. To assess whether rivastigmine therapy is associated with decreased brai ...

Wiley2017

Enhanced long-term microcircuit plasticity in the valproic Acid animal model of autism

Henry Markram, Kamila Markram, Tania Rinaldi, Jean-Vincent Le Bé, Imad Riachi, Guilherme Silva

A single intra-peritoneal injection of valproic acid (VPA) on embryonic day (ED) 11.5 to pregnant rats has been shown to produce severe autistic-like symptoms in the offspring. Previous studies showed that the microcircuitry is hyperreactive due to hyperco ...

2009

Immunochernical and single molecule force spectroscopy studies of specific interaction between the laminin binding protein and the West Nile virus surface glycoprotein E domain II

Giovanni Dietler, Mélanie Favre

ELISA and Western blot immunochemical data attest an effective and highly specific interaction of the surface glycoprotein E domain II (DII) of the tick born encephalitis and Dengue viruses with the laminin binding protein (LBP). Based on a highly conserva ...

2008

The problems of delivering neuroactive molecules to the CNS

Patrick Aebischer

At present, the aetiologies of many neurological and neurodegenerative diseases are unknown. However, emergence of a better understanding of these diseases, at both cellular and molecular levels, opens up the possibility of replacement therapies. The prese ...

1996

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