Early accumulation of pathological PrP in the enteric nervous system and gut-associated lymphoid tissue of hamsters orally infected with scrapie

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-184

  Beekes, Michael ^a   McBride, Patricia A ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Gut associated lymphoid tissue; Hamster scrapie; Oral infection; Pathogenesis; PrP

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; ILEUM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SUBMUCOSA; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VAGUS NERVE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DUODENUM; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; ILEUM; INTESTINES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MESOCRICETUS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS;

EID: 0033987269     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00934-9     Document Type: Article

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