PATHWAYS. “Prions introduced through surgery can spread from the eye along visual pathways. Spread can occur along the vagus nerve to medulla, pons, midbrain. In transplants for treatment of Parksinson’s, the new neurons develop the same disease from the local cells. Injection of abnormal amyloid beta, tau and alpha synuclein in animal experiments shows spread into the new brain.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022