Does an infrasonic acoustic shock wave resonance of the manganese 3+ loaded/copper depleted prion protein initiate the pathogenesis of TSE?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 797-820

  Purdey, Mark ^a  

^a High Barn Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MANGANESE; OXYGEN; PRION PROTEIN;

ACOUSTICS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOCK WAVE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MAMMALIA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0037410248     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00007-0     Document Type: Review

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