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New HIV/AIDS Study Findings Reported from Emory University

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 5th, 2011

2011 SEP 5 -- According to the authors of recent research from Atlanta, Georgia, "The Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infected macaque model exhibits neuropathological symptoms similar to those of HIV+ patients, and is ideal for studying cognitive impairment and neuropathological sequelae of disease in repeated measurements. The aim of this study is to use Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and perfusion MRI to longitudinally access the disease development in Sly-infected monkeys under controlled conditions and to cross-validate our finding with MRI studies in HIV+ patients."

"Three adult male pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) were inoculated with the...

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