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Relationship between neuron damage and clinical disease: relating murine and ovine scrapie to BSE and CJD

ReferenceBBS/E/I/00000679
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Dr Janet Fraser
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution The Pirbright Institute
DepartmentThe Pirbright Institute Department
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 154,350
StatusCompleted
TypeInstitute Project
Start date 01/06/1999
End date 01/06/2002
Duration36 months

Abstract

The objectives are: (a) to determine the relationship between the deposition of abnormal PrP, synapse loss, dendritic spine loss and neuron loss in two murine scrapie models. (b) to develop a reliable, consistent means of estimating synapse number in CNS tissue. (c) to establish whether fundamental pathological changes found in murine scrapie also occur in ovine scrapie, BSE and CJD, and establish their relationship to clinical disease.

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Committee Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative X - not in an Initiative
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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