Abnormal synaptic protein expression and cell death in murine scrapie

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 615-626

  Siso S ^a   Puig, B ^b   Varea, R ^c   Vidal, E ^a   Acin C ^c   Prinz, M ^d   Montrasio, F ^d   Badiola, J ^c   Aguzzi, A ^d   Pumarola, M ^a   Ferrer, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Microglia; Prion protein; Scrapie; Synapsis; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; BETA SYNUCLEIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNAPSIN I; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SCRAPIE; STEADY STATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BETA-SYNUCLEIN; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CRYSTALLINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PRPC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPSINS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN 1; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 0036939211     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-001-0512-6     Document Type: Article

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