MS-8209, an amphotericin B analogue, delays the appearance of spongiosis, astrogliosis and PrPres accumulation in the brain of scrapie-infected hamsters

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-8

  Adjou, K T ^a,b   Privat, N ^c   Demart, S ^a   Deslys, J P ^a   Seman, M ^d   Hauw, J J ^c   Dormont, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b Laboratoires Mayoly Spindler   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; DRUG ANALOG; MS 8209; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HAMSTER; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0034054377     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.1999.0338     Document Type: Article

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