Metabolic changes associated with vacuolation in murine models of scrapie using in vitro 1H-NMR spectroscopy

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 359-363

  Chung, Yuen Li ^a,b   Williams, Alun ^c   Chong, Angela ^c   Hope, James ^c   Williams, Steve C R ^d   Bell, Jimmy D ^d  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gliosis; In vitro; Mouse model; Myo inositol; N acetyl asparate; Neurodegeneration; Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Scrapie; Vacuolation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; C3H MOUSE; CELL VACUOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCRAPIE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCRAPIE; VACUOLES;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030440671     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1492(199612)9:8<359::AID-NBM428>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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