Early increase and late decrease of Purkinje cell dendritic spine density in prion-infected organotypic mouse cerebellar cultures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Campeau, Jody L ^a   Wu, Gengshu ^a   Bell, John R ^a   Rasmussen, Jay ^a   Sim, Valerie L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PURKINJE CELL; SLICE CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC SPINES; MICE; PRIONS; PURKINJE CELLS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891612408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081776     Document Type: Article

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