Publication Date:
1989-01-06
Description:
The transneuronal transfer of neurotropic viruses may represent an effective tool for tracing chains of connected neurons because replication of virus in the recipient neurons after transfer amplifies the "tracer signal." Herpes simplex virus type 1 was transferred transneuronally from forelimb and hindlimb nerves of rats to the cortical and brainstem neurons that project to the spinal enlargements to which the nerves receiving injections are connected. This transneuronal transfer of herpes simplex virus type 1 from peripheral nerves has the potential to be used to identify neurons in the brain that are related transsynaptically to different nerves and muscles.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ugolini, G -- Kuypers, H G -- Strick, P L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jan 6;243(4887):89-91.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, England.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2536188" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Brain Stem/*microbiology
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Cerebral Cortex/*microbiology
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DNA Replication
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Herpes Simplex/*pathology
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Neurons/*microbiology
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Rats
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Simplexvirus/genetics/isolation & purification
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Spinal Cord/microbiology
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Tibial Nerve/*microbiology
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Virus Replication
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
