Preclinical deposition of pathological prion protein PrPSc in muscles of hamsters orally exposed to scrapie

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1465-1472

  Thomzig, Achim ^a   Schulz Schaeffer, Walter ^b   Kratzel, Christine ^a   Mai, Jessica ^a   Beekes, Michael ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAMSTER; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCRAPIE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MESOCRICETUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRION DISEASES; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE;

EID: 2942592731     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200421083     Document Type: Article

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