Prion Diseases: What Is the Neurotoxic Molecule?
A great deal of effort has been devoted during the past 20 years to defining the chemical nature of prions, the infectious agents responsible for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. In contrast, much less attention has been paid to elucidating how prions actually damage the central nervous sy...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2001-10-01
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Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996101904334 |