Evidence of subclinical prion disease in aged mice following exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 95, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 231-243

  Brown, Karen L ^a   Mabbott, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE K;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENT; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; GLIOSIS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE;

EID: 84890277248     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.058958-0     Document Type: Article

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