PrP<sup>Sc </sup>spreading patterns in the brain of sheep linked to different prion types

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Scrapie in sheep and goats has been known for more than 250 years and belongs nowadays to the so-called prion diseases that also include e.g. bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. According to the prion hypothes...

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Main Authors: Wemheuer Wiebke M, Benestad Sylvie L, Wrede Arne, Wemheuer Wilhelm E, Brenig Bertram, Bratberg Bjørn, Schulz-Schaeffer Walter J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/42/1/32