FIGURE 3.

PrP^C distribution in different brain regions. Brains from healthy Syrian hamsters were dissected in the same brain regions depicted in Fig. 2 and PrP^C content assessed by WB. Left panel (A) shows a representative WB of three independent assays. GAPDH was used to control protein load. Numbers on the right represent molecular weight standards. Graph on the right (B) shows the distribution profile obtained by densitometric analysis of the blots from three different brains. Data are expressed as average ± S.E. A continuous line is used to highlight the profile of PrP^C level throughout the brain.