Neuroinvasion in sheep transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: The role of the haematogenous route

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-246

  Siso S ^a   Jeffrey, M ^a   Gonzalez L ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; Circumventricular organs; Neuroinvasion; Sheep; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 65349151298     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2008.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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