The Role of the Mammalian Prion Protein in the Control of Sleep

Sleep disruption is a prevalent clinical feature in many neurodegenerative disorders, including human prion diseases where it can be the defining dysfunction, as in the case of the “eponymous” fatal familial insomnia, or an early-stage symptom as in certain types of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It is...

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Main Authors: Amber Roguski, Andrew C. Gill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:Pathogens
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/6/4/58