Chapter 1 The Concept of Neurotropism and Selective Vulnerability (“Pathoclisis”) in Virus Infections of the Nervous System — A Historical Overview

Chapter 2 The Mechanisms of Direct, Virus-Induced Destruction of Neurons

Chapter 3 Slow and Persistent Virus Infections of Neurones — A Compromise for Neuronal Survival

Chapter 4 Neuronal latency in human and animal herpesvirus infections.

Chapter 6 Interactions of Viral Proteins with Neurotransmitter Receptors May Protect or Destroy Neurons

Chapter 7 Mechanisms of Virus-Induced Neuronal Damage and the Clearance of Viruses from the CNS

Chapter 8 Borna Disease Virus Infection of Adult and Neonatal Rats: Models for Neuropsychiatric Disease

Chapter 9 The Mechanisms of Neuronal Damage in Retroviral Infections of the Nervous System

Chapter 10 Prion-Induced Neuronal Damage — The Mechanisms of Neuronal Destruction in the Subacute Spongiform Encephalopathies

Chapter 11 The Role of T-Cell-Mediated Mechanisms in Virus Infections of the Nervous System

Chapter 12 Virus-induced autoimmune reactions in the CNS.