Early spread of scrapie from the gastrointestinal tract to the central nervous system involves autonomic fibers of the splanchnic and vagus nerves

Journal of Virology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 9320-9327

  McBride, P A ^a   Schulz Schaeffer, W J ^a   Donaldson, M ^a   Bruce, M ^a   Diringer, H ^a   Kretzschmar, H A ^a   Beekes, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRICETINAE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SCRAPIE;

EID: 0034856845     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.19.9320-9327.2001     Document Type: Article

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