title: Effects of age on cerebral amyloid plaques in murine scrapie.
abstract: The frequency of cerebral amyloid plaques in murine scrapie was not influenced by the age of the mouse at injection in a study using several combinations of agent strain and mouse strain. In addition amyloid plaques were not seen in a series of extremely old uninfected mice.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000682:Amyloid / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D012608:Scrapie / Q000473:pathology*; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid