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Morphological approach to assess the involvement of astrocytes in prion propagation.
Cell and tissue research - 1 Oct 2014
Hernández Rodrigo S, Sarasa Rocío, Toledano Adolfo, Badiola Juan J, Monzón Marta
Abstract excerpt
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of neurodegenerative disorders affecting animals and humans and for which no effective treatment is available to date. Vacuolation, neuronal/neurite degeneration, deposition of pathological prion protein (PrPsc) and gliosis are changes typically found in brains from TSE affected individuals. However, the actual role of this last feature, microgliosis...
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