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Long-term alterations in brain and behavior after postnatal Zika virus infection in infant macaques

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Raper, Jessica, Kovacs-Balint, Zsofia, Mavigner, Maud, Gumber, Sanjeev, Burke, Mark W., Habib, Jakob, Mattingly, Cameron, Fair, Damien +9 more·2020·Nature Communications

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Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has a profound impact on the fetal nervous system. The postnatal period is also a time of rapid brain growth, and it is important to understand the potential neurobehavioral consequences of ZIKV infection during infancy. Here we show that postnatal ZIKV infection in a rhesus macaque model resulted in long-term behavioral, motor, and cognitive changes, including increased emotional reactivity, decreased social contact, loss of balance, and deficits in visual recognition memory at one year of age. Structural and functional MRI showed that ZIKV-infected infant rhesus macaques had persistent enlargement of lateral ventricles, smaller volumes and altered functional connectivity between brain areas important for socioemotional behavior, cognitive, and motor function (e.g. amygdala, hippocampus, cerebellum). Neuropathological changes corresponded with neuroimaging results and were consistent with the behavioral and memory deficits. Overall, this study demonstrates that postnatal ZIKV infection in this model may have long-lasting neurodevelopmental consequences.

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  • Even a postnatal viral infection can lead to postnatal meningitis and neurodevelopmental problems due to structural and functional damage of frontal areas.

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    The Discussion reports long-term neurodevelopmental, behavioral and cognitive changes after postnatal Zika infection in infant macaques. The Results describe altered functional connectivity involving prefrontal areas, but the reported structural changes chiefly involve other regions. Our copy does not report postnatal meningitis or establish that damage to frontal areas caused the developmental problems (pages unavailable). (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Raper, J., Kovacs-Balint, Z., Mavigner, M., Gumber, S., Burke, M. W., Habib, J., Mattingly, C., Fair, D., Earl, E., Feczko, E., Styner, M., Jean, S. M., Cohen, J. K., Suthar, M. S., Sanchez, M. M., Alvarado, M. C., & Chahroudi, A.
Affiliations
  • Emory University (US)
  • Howard University (US)
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Corresponding author
Chahroudi, Ann
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2020-05-21
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
2534-2534
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3026333016
Cited by
67
References
106
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 4 · 2018: 1
FWCI
7.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NIH Office of the Director (P51 OD011132)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Virology and Viral Diseases
Keywords
Zika virus, postnatal infection, rhesus monkeys, neurodevelopmental outcomes, emotional reactivity, social contact, motor impairment, visual recognition memory, lateral ventricle enlargement, amygdala, hippocampus, cerebellum, functional connectivity, neuropathology, infant brain
MeSH terms
Zika Virus Infection, Zika Virus, Animals, Brain, Cognition, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Macaca mulatta, Memory, Nerve Net, Social Behavior, Neuroimaging

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