Pathogenetical significance of porencephalic lesions associated with intracerebral inoculation of sheep with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-258

  Siso S ^a   Jeffrey, M ^a   Martin, S ^a   Houston, F ^b   Hunter, N ^b   Gonzalez L ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intracerebral; Porencephalia; Prion protein; Residual inoculum; Sheep

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENT; BRAIN DAMAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION SITE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHEEP; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 65349153071     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2009.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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