BIOL 4576 - Neurovirology

4 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 with grade of C or higher.
Corequisites: None.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
Following an introduction to basic neuroanatomy and neuroimmunology, individual lectures will focus on the diagnosis, treatment, and pathogenesis of several neurologic diseases of virus origin. These include encephalitis, meningitis, chronic inflammatory and demyelinating diseases, HIV/AIDS-associated dementia, peripheral neuropathies, retinitis, and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies caused by prions. The concept of virus latency within the nervous system will be emphasized, as will the possible contributions of viruses or prions toward the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.