2015
Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Signs of Neuronal Injury Before and After Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy in Acute HIV Infection
Peluso MJ, Valcour V, Ananworanich J, Sithinamsuwan P, Chalermchai T, Fletcher JL, Lerdlum S, Chomchey N, Slike B, Sailasuta N, Gisslén M, Zetterberg H, Spudich S, Teams O. Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Signs of Neuronal Injury Before and After Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy in Acute HIV Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2015, 212: 1759-1767. PMID: 25995196, PMCID: PMC4633761, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination antiretroviral therapyAcute HIV infectionCSF NfL levelsNeurofilament light chainChronic HIV infectionHIV infectionNfL levelsParietal gray matterFrontal white matterNeuronal injuryAcute infectionGray matterCART initiationAntiretroviral therapyAcute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionCerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chainProton magnetic resonance spectroscopic findingsWhite matterHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionN-acetylaspartate/creatineMagnetic resonance spectroscopic findingsImmediate antiretroviral therapyImmunodeficiency virus infectionFrontal gray matterAxonal injury
2014
Cerebral metabolite changes prior to and after antiretroviral therapy in primary HIV infection
Young AC, Yiannoutsos CT, Hegde M, Lee E, Peterson J, Walter R, Price RW, Meyerhoff DJ, Spudich S. Cerebral metabolite changes prior to and after antiretroviral therapy in primary HIV infection. Neurology 2014, 83: 1592-1600. PMID: 25261502, PMCID: PMC4223087, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000000932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary HIV infectionParietal gray matterInitiation of ARTMI/CrFrontal white matterAntiretroviral therapyGlu/CrCho/CrHIV infectionBasal gangliaWhite matterGray matterN-acetylaspartateT proton magnetic resonance spectroscopyCerebral metabolite changesEarly ART initiationTreatment-naive participantsEarly antiretroviral therapyLevels of glutamateNAA/CrProton magnetic resonance spectroscopyCholine-containing metabolitesMagnetic resonance spectroscopyART initiationHigh-field magnetic resonance spectroscopy