Prion diseases. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Prion diseases (Liberski)
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Pawel P. Liberski.
• Contents: Kuru: introduction to prion diseases / Paweł P. Liberski, Agata Gajos -- Anthropological methods used in kuru research / Shirley Lindenbaum -- Nonhuman primates in research on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies / David M. Asher, Pedro Piccardo, Luisa Gregori -- Clinical features and diagnosis of human prion diseases / Richard Knight -- Neuropathology, immunohistochemistry, and biochemistry in human prion diseases / Diane L. Ritchie, James W. Ironside -- Subcellular and molecular changes associated with abnormal PrP accumulation in brain and viscera of classical and atypical prion diseases / Martin Jeffrey, Gillian McGovern -- Electron microscopy of prion diseases / Paweł P. Liberski -- Cell death and autophagy in prion diseases / Pawel P. Liberski -- Methods for isolation of Spiroplasma sp. from prion-positive eye tissues of sheep affected with terminal scrapie / Frank O. Bastian -- Detection and diagnosis of prion diseases using RT-QuIC: an update / Byron Caughey, Christina D. Orru, Bradley R. Groveman, Matilde Bongianni [and others] -- Analysis of charge isoforms of the scrapie prion protein using two-dimensional electrophoresis / Elizaveta Katorcha, Ilia V. Baskakov -- Exosomes in prion diseases / Alexander Hartmann, Hermann Altmeppen, Susanne Krasemann, Markus Glatzel -- Synthetic mammalian prions / Fabio Moda, Edoardo Bistaffa, Joanna Narkiewicz, Giulia Salzano, Giuseppe Legname -- Biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid / Joanna Gawinecka, Matthias Schmitz, Inga Zerr -- The use of transgenic and knockout mice in prion research / Abigail B. Diack, Jean C. Manson -- Transgenic mouse models of prion diseases / Julie Moreno, Glenn C. Telling.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Human Press imprint is published by Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages), illustrations (some color), color portraits
• Subjects: 616.8/3; Prion diseases -- Laboratory manuals; Prion diseases; Prion Diseases; Prions -- isolation & purification; Electronic books; Laboratory manuals; Laboratory Manual
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493972111; 1493972111; 9781493972098
• Related ISBNs: 149397209X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from resource home page (SpringerLink, viewed August 22, 2017).
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