Japanese Encephalitis Virus Causes 'Double Trouble' To Brain
Monday, July 7, 2008 - 12:28
in Biology & Nature
Recent research published in Journal of Neurochemistry, has shown that Japanese encephalitis virus, commonly known as brain fever, damages the brain in two ways -- not only killing brain cells but also preventing the birth of new cells from neural stem/progenitor cells and depleting the NPC pool in the brain.