Current Research in Social Psychology (CRISP) is a peer reviewed, electronic journal publishing theoretically driven, empirical research in major areas of social psychology.
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Prion diseases are a group of neurodegenerative diseases caused by prions, which are âproteinaceous infectious particles.â For some background, first see this introduction to prions. Prion diseases are caused by misfolded forms of the prion protein, also known as PrP.