Prions spread via the autonomic nervous system from the gut to the central nervous system in cattle incubating bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1048-1055

  Hoffmann, Christine ^a   Ziegler, Ute ^a   Buschmann, Anne ^a   Weber, Artur ^a   Kupfer, Leila ^a   Oelschlegel, Anja ^a   Hammerschmidt, Baerbel ^a   Groschup, Martin H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; CELIAC GANGLION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROVOCATION TEST; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; PRPSC PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY PRION;

EID: 33847645496     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82186-0     Document Type: Article

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