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There is concern that Alzheimer\u2019s disease (AD) may become prevalent with an earlier onset of cognitive decline in people living with HIV (PLWH). Clinical data studies reported the presence of AD biomarkers in PLWH. However, the functional significance of the interaction between HIV or HIV viral proteins and AD biomarkers is still not well studied. The main goal of the present study is to address this knowledge gap by determining if the HIV envelope glycoprotein 120 (HIV-gp120) can affect the cognitive functions in the Tau mouse AD model. Male Tau and age-matched, wild-type (WT) control mice were treated intracerebroventricularly (ICV) with HIV-gp120. The animals were evaluated for cognitive function using a Y-maze. We found that HIV-gp120 altered cognitive function in Tau mice. Notably, HIV-gp120 was able to promote a cognitive decline in transgenic Tau (P301L) mice compared to the control (HIV-gp120 and WT). 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