Exacerbated spongiform lesions in the cerebral cortex in Japanese sheep, in an outbreak of scrapie during 1984-1987

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 242-244

  Mizoi, Shigeru ^a   Yoshino, Tomoo ^b   Momotani, Eiichi ^c   Kubosaki, Atsutaka ^d   Nakamura, Yuko ^d   Onodera, Takashi ^d  

^a Hokkaido Nemuro Livestock Hygene S   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PONS; SCRAPIE; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SHEEP; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; JAPAN; PRPC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACUOLES;

EID: 0033497099     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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