Prions prevent brain damage after experimental brain injury: A preliminary report

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 86, 2003, Pages 297-299

  Hoshino, S ^a   Inoue, K ^b   Yokoyama, T ^c   Kobayashi, S ^d   Asakura, T ^a   Teramoto, A ^a   Itohara, S ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; IgG; Mouse; Prion; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; C57BL MOUSE; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PRPC PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1442328250     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0651-8_64     Document Type: Article

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