The Mechanisms of Neuronal Damage in Virus Infections of the Nervous System

List of Contents.- The Concept of Neurotropism and Selective Vulnerability ("Pathoclisis") in Virus Infections of the Nervous System - A Historical Overview.- The Mechanisms of Direct, Virus-Induced Destruction of Neurons.- Slow and Persistent Virus Infections of Neurones A Compromise for Neuronal Survival.- Neuronal Latency in Human and Animal Herpesvirus Infections.- Programmed Cell Death in Virus Infections of the Nervous System.- Interactions of Viral Proteins with Neurotransmitter Receptors May Protect or Destroy Neurons.- Mechanisms of Virus-Induced Neuronal Damage and the Clearance of Viruses from the CNS.- Borna Disease Virus Infection of Adult and Neonatal Rats: Models for Neuropsychiatric Disease.- The Mechanisms of Neuronal Damage in Retroviral Infections of the Nervous System.- Prion-Induced Neuronal Damage - The Mechanisms of Neuronal Destruction in the Subacute Spongiform Encephalopathies.- The Role of T-Cell-Mediated Mechanisms in Virus Infections of the Nervous System.- Virus-Induced Autoimmune Reactions in the CNS.