Neuronal degeneration in brain stern nuclei in bovine spongiform encephaiopathy

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Fatzer, R ^a,c   Graber, H U ^a,c   Meyer, R K ^b,c   Cardozo, C ^a,c   Vandevelde, M ^a,c   Zurbriggen, A ^a,c  

^a Institut für Tierneurologie   (Switzerland)

^b Pharmazeutische Produkte   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PRIONS; VACUOLES;

EID: 0030097081     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.1996.tb00425.x     Document Type: Article

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