Amyloid and prions: Some biochemical investigations of cerebral amyloidosis in mice

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-19

  Hope, James ^a   Kirby, Louise ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Cerebral amyloidosis; Huntington's disease; Mouse; Parkinson's disease; Prion; Strains; Time resolved fluoroimmunoassay; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PRION PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRION; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

EID: 84860342718     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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