Front. Aging Neurosci., 19 October 2018 Sec. Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Volume 10 - 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2018.00324 Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Strong evidence has emerged recently for the concept that herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) is a major risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This concept proposes

1Laboratory of Neurophysiology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan 2Department of Basic Biology, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Miura, Japan 3Department of Psychology, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan 4Department of Physiological Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Miura, Japan 5Division of Integrative Physiology, Natio