Propagation of tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease: identification of novel therapeutic targets

Accumulation and aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau are a pathological hallmark of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In AD, tau becomes abnormally phosphorylated and forms inclusions throughout the brain, starting in the entorhinal cortex and progressiv...

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Main Authors: Pooler, Amy M, Polydoro, Manuela, Wegmann, Susanne, Nicholls, Samantha B, Spires-Jones, Tara L, Hyman, Bradley T
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978816/