Myenteric neurons of the ileum that express somatostatin are a target of prion neuroinvasion in an alimentary model of sheep scrapie

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 651-661

  Schneider, David A ^a   Yan, Huijun ^b   Fry, Lindsay M ^b   Alverson, Janet ^c   White, Stephen N ^a   O'Rourke, Katherine I ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Peyer's patches; Prion; Scrapie; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRION PROTEIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CELL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ILEUM; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; ODDS RATIO; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PRIONS; PROLINE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SOMATOSTATIN; TIME FACTORS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 43649092856     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-008-0374-2     Document Type: Article

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