Computerized morphometric analysis of pathological prion protein deposition in scrapie-infected hamster brain

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-107

  Maximova, Olga A ^a   Taffs, Rolf E ^a   Pomeroy, Kitty L ^a   Piccardo, Pedro ^a   Asher, David M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital imaging; Encephalopathy; Hue saturation intensity; Immunohistochemistry morphometry; Prion disease; Scrapie prion protein; Transmissible spongiform

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HAMSTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNET; MESOCRICETUS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 30044432481     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.5A6758.2005     Document Type: Article

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