Use of brain grafts to study the pathogenesis of prion diseases

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue , 1998, Pages 133-147

  Aguzzi, Adriano ^a   Klein, Michael A ^a   Musahl, Christine ^a   Raeber, Alex J ^a   Blättler, Thomas ^a   Hegyi, Ivan ^a   Frigg, Rico ^a   Brandner, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PRION; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SCRAPIE;

EID: 0032249941     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bse0330133     Document Type: Article

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