The trade union representing, among others, staff of the MHS . Uric acid A crystalline, slightly soluble substance found in the urine of flesh-eating animals in normal conditions. USDA United States Department of Agriculture. A vacuole is any space or cavity found within or between cells in any type of tissue. In TSEs several types of intra-cellular vacuoles can be present in the brain.
Vacuolation is thus the development of characteristic vacuoles in the brain.
Assessment of the locations, severity and types of vacuolation is used in distinguishing different TSE strains . Vagus nerve Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves that arise from the medulla and supply chiefly the viscera , especially with autonomic sensory and motor fibres. Valine An essential amino acid . The abnormal functioning of the autonomic nervous system , which then acts in an involuntary manner, to a large extent independently of the brain and spinal cord . Ventral Towards the abdomen.