Human endogenous retroviruses and the nervous system

Handb Clin Neurol. 2014:123:465-85. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00022-5.

Authors

Renée N Douville¹, Avindra Nath²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
² Section of Infections of the Nervous System, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: natha@ninds.nih.gov.

No abstract available

Keywords: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; brain; central nervous system; motor neuron disease; multiple sclerosis; retrovirus; schizophrenia.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Endogenous Retroviruses* / genetics
Endogenous Retroviruses* / pathogenicity
Humans
Nervous System / pathology
Nervous System / virology*
Nervous System Diseases / pathology*
Nervous System Diseases / virology*

Grants and funding

ZIA NS003130-01/Intramural NIH HHS/United States