TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRions illuminated
AU  - Stephenson J
Y1  - 2010/02/17
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2010.149
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 603
EP  - 603
VL  - 303
IS  - 7
N2  - 
Researchers have long pondered the function of normal prion protein (PrPc), the nonpathogenic counterpart of the misfolded protein associated with such deadly disorders as bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Now, studies in mice by European scientists suggest that PrPc plays an important role in preserving the myelin sheath that protects the axons of peripheral nerves (Bremer J et al. Nature Neurosci. doi:10.1038/nn.2483 [published online January 24, 2010]).

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.149
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.149
ER  -