image: Mouse movement in an open field reveals that low-dose neonatal HSV infection results in longlasting anxiety-like behavior (left). In contrast, mice that are protected from HSV via maternal vaccination display exploratory behavior (right). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Apr. 10, 2019, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by C.D. Patel at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Lebanon, NH; and colleagues was titled, "Maternal immunization confers protection against neonatal herpes simplex mortality and behavioral morbidity." view more
Credit: Sean A. Taylor