Reactive hypertrophy of synaptic varicosities within the hippocampus of prion-infected mice

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 471-475

  Sisková, Zuzana ^a   Sanyal, Nik K ^a   Orban, Adam ^a   O'Connor, Vincent ^a   Perry, V Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertrophy; ME7; Neurodegeneration; Prion; Structural dynamics; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTROPHY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; PRION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTROPHY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 77953249289     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380471     Document Type: Article

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