Why the study?
Classical Parkinson's disease animal models require harmful neurotoxin injections, and neuroinflammation linked to viral infection has emerged as a possible contributor to disease etiology.
Population
C57BL/6J mice
Comparison
Infection with Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV)
Design
Animal model development study
Authors
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Viral neuroinflammation may contribute to PD; hypothesis-generating and leaves open causal confirmation in humans.
This study introduces a novel virally induced mouse model for Parkinson's disease using TMEV, avoiding the need for harmful neurotoxins.
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