STUDY: Zika Virus targets memory in adults, mirrors Alzheimer's disease

It goes after 2 regions of the brain, learning and memory regions. Think about that...This thing is nasty!! They are going after people's memories and the ability to learn...and you thought "millennials" were dependent enough already...just wait, just wait, they are cooking up something much worse

"The Zika virus may cause long-term damage to the memory which mirrors the effects of Alzheimer’s disease a new study suggests.

... new study suggests that Zika can also infect the brain cells of adults, causing long term damage to memory.

“Zika can clearly enter the brain of adults and can wreak havoc,” said Professor Sujan Shresta, a member of the team from the La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology in California, USA...

The scientists used fluorescent biomarker "tags" to indicate when adult brain cells were invaded by the virus.

Their results, published in journal Cell Stem Cell, show that the virus targets two specific regions of the adult brain critical to learning and memory.

Professor Joseph Gleeson, from Rockefeller University, said: "Our results are pretty dramatic - in the parts of the brain that lit up, it was like a Christmas tree.

"It was very clear that the virus wasn't affecting the whole brain evenly, like people are seeing in the foetus. In the adult, it's only these two populations that are very specific to the stem cells that are affected by virus. These cells are special, and somehow very susceptible to the infection.

"Based on our findings, getting infected with Zika as an adult may not be as innocuous as people think.
[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]


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