How Prions Kill Neurons: New Culture System Shows Early Toxicity to DendriticSspines (IMAGE)

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How Prions Kill Neurons: New Culture System Shows Early Toxicity to DendriticSspines

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Image of a hippocampal neuron showing dendritic spines (green), and axons/dendrites (red).

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Cheng Fang

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