Evaluation of neurodegeneration in scrapie-infected animals by selective methods that detect cellular degeneration

Brain Research

Volumn 910, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 175-178

  Ye, Xuemin ^a   Rountree, Robert ^b   Scallet, Andrew ^b   Meeker, Harry C ^a   Carp, Richard I ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Neuropathology; Neurotoxin; Scrapie; Silver stain

Indexed keywords

IBOGAINE; KAINIC ACID; SILVER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GOAT DISEASE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SCRAPIE AGENT; SHEEP DISEASE; STAINING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; SCRAPIE; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0035839203     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02616-6     Document Type: Article

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