FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 27, 2020·7 min readA new way to study HIV’s impact on the brainHIV infection leads to increased EIF2 signaling in microglia, astrocytes, and neurons. Study reveals how HIV infection and some antiretrovirals affect cognition and the central nervous system.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·April 9, 2018·3 min readOverlapping Mechanisms in HIV Cognitive Disorders and Alzheimer’sA new Journal of Neuroscience study reports elevated levels of BACE1, an enzyme associated with neuronal damage in Alzheimer's disease, were identified in postmortem brain samples of those with HIV.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·December 16, 2016·7 min readA Link Between HIV Treatment and NeurodegenerationResearchers discovered some protease inhibitors used to treat HIV can lead to the production of the peptide amyloid beta.Read More
