Investigation of close interactions between sympathetic neural fibres and the follicular dendritic cells network in the mouse spleen

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Demonceau, Caroline ^a   Marshall, A S ^b   Sales, J ^c   Heinen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follicular dendritic cell; Incubation period; Prion; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; GENOTYPE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; SPLEEN; ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNERVATION; PRION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BOVINAE;

PRNP PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PRIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 50349083994     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/1192     Document Type: Article

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