| 7N | facial nucleus |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| AI | agranular insular cortex |
| aMCI | amnestic mild cognitive impairment |
| Amp | amplicon |
| AO | anterior olfactory nucleus |
| AP | alkaline phosphatase |
| BS | brainstem |
| Cas-3 | cleaved caspase-3 |
| Cb | cerebellum |
| CIC | central nucleus of the inferior colliculus |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CPu | caudate putamen |
| Ct | threshold cycle |
| dpi | days post-infection |
| DpMe | deep mesencephalic nucleus |
| dpt | days post-treatment |
| FCS | fetal calf serum |
| FFPE | formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded |
| Fig. | figure |
| FR | reticular formation |
| H&E | hematoxylin and eosin |
| Hpc | hippocampus |
| HRP | horseradish peroxidase |
| HSE | herpes simplex encephalitis |
| HSV-1 | Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 |
| IO | inferior olive |
| LAT | latency-associated transcript |
| LEnt | lateral entorhinal cortex |
| LH | lateral hypothalamus |
| LLT | large-latency transcript |
| LS | lateral septal nucleus |
| M1 | primary motor cortex |
| MEM | minimum essential medium |
| OB | olfactory bulb |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PFA | paraformaldehyde |
| Pir | piriform cortex |
| PrL | prelimbic cortex |
| PrV | Pseudorabies Virus |
| RK13 | rabbit kidney cells |
| ROI | region of interest |
| RT | room temperature |
| RT-qPCR | quantitative real-time PCR |
| S1 | primary somatosensory cortex |
| SNR | substantia nigra |
| Sol | nucleus of the solitary tract |
| Sp5 | spinal trigeminal nucleus |
| SpVe | spinal vestibular nucleus |
| TBS | Tris-buffered saline |
| TG | trigeminal ganglion |
| TL | temporal lobe |
| Tm | melting temperatures |
| V1 | primary visual cortex |
| VPM | ventral posteromedial nucleus |