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Newest in this topic

  1. Dextran sulphate-induced tau assemblies cause endogenous tau aggregation and propagation in wild-type mice 2020-07-08
  2. Propagation of Tau Pathology: Integrating Insights From Postmortem and In Vivo Studies 2019-10-03

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2019 to 2020

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  • Biological psychiatry 1
  • Brain communications 1

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  1. Dextran sulphate-induced tau assemblies cause endogenous tau aggregation and propagation in wild-type mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Brain communications 2020-07-08 Drug development

    Accumulation of assembled tau protein in the central nervous system is characteristic of Alzheimer's disease and several other neurodegenerative diseases, called tauopathies.

  2. Propagation of Tau Pathology: Integrating Insights From Postmortem and In Vivo Studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Biological psychiatry 2019-10-03 Brain scans and imaging

    Cellular accumulation of aggregated forms of the protein tau is a defining feature of so-called tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

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