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A distinct brain pathway links viral RNA exposure to sickness behavior

Sickness behaviors and metabolic responses to invading pathogens are common to nearly all types of infection. These responses evolved to provide short-term benefit to the host to ward off infection, but impact on quality of life, and when prolonged lead to neurodegeneration, depression, and cachexia...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Xinxia, Levasseur, Pete R., Michaelis, Katherine A., Burfeind, Kevin G., Marks, Daniel L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4951726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27435819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep29885