Intracerebral infection with the Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) in C57BL/6 mice replicates many of the early and chronic clinical symptoms of viral encephalitis and subsequent epilepsy in human patients. This paper describes the virus infection, symptoms, and histopathology of the TMEV model.
Batot, G., Metcalf, C. S., Bell, L. A., Pauletti, A., Wilcox, K. S., Bröer, S. A Model for Epilepsy of Infectious Etiology using Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus. J. Vis. Exp. (184), e63673, doi:10.3791/63673 (2022).