Retinal function and morphology are altered in cattle infected with the prion disease transmissible mink encephalopathy

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 810-818

  Smith, J D ^a   Greenlee, J J ^a   Hamir, A N ^a   Richt, J A ^a   Greenlee, M H West ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Electroretinography; Immunohistochemistry; Prion diseases; Retina

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRION; PRION DISEASE; RETINA ROD; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASES; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MUSTELA;

EID: 77149130977     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.08-VP-0206-W-FL     Document Type: Article

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