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Translational spatial task and its relationship to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders and apolipoprotein E in HIV-seropositive women.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Dec 2012
Morales Diana, Acevedo Summer F, Skolasky Richard L, Hechavarria Rosa, Santiago Sharon, De La Torre Tania, Maldonado Elizabeth, Wojna Valerie
Abstract excerpt
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) continue to be a neurological complication of HIV infection in the era of combined antiretroviral therapy. Hippocampal neurodegeneration and dysfunction occurs as a result of HIV infection, but few studies to date have assesses spatial learning and memory function in patients with HAND. We used the Memory Island (MI) test to study the effects of HIV infection,...
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