show Abstracthide AbstractZika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the Flaviviridae family, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. ZIKV can be transmitted from pregnant woman to fetus and causes microcephaly and neuronal defects. Patients infected with ZIKV showed increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines compared to healthy individuals and neurological changes even after recovery. However, the detailed mechanism of how neuronal defects occurs after recovery from ZIKV infection has never been investigated in vivo. Here, we found that viral RNA loads were highest in mouse brain tissue 7 days after ZIKV infection and were equivalent to uninfected controls after 21 days, suggesting that mice recovered after 21 days of ZIKV infection. To explore the pathological mechanisms of neuronal defects after recovery from ZIKV infection, we performed RNA-sequencing in mouse cerebral cortex obtained 7 days and 21 days after ZIKV infection. Overall design: Gene expression profiling analysis of RNA-seq data from ZIKV-infected mouse brains at 7 and 21 days post-infection