Frontiers | Viral encephalitis and seizures cause rapid depletion of neuronal progenitor cells and alter neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus
1 School of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Freie Universit ä t Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States Infections impacting the central nervous system (CNS) constitute a substantial predisposing factor for the emergence of epileptic seizures. Given that epilepsy conventionally correlates with hippocampal sclerosis and neuronal degeneration, a potentially innovative avenue for therapeutic