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Tau mutations in frontotemporal dementia FTDP-17 and their relevance for Alzheimer's disease.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 26 Jul 2000
Goedert M, Spillantini M G
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease is characterised by the degeneration of selected populations of nerve cells that develop filamentous inclusions prior to degeneration. The neuronal inclusions of Alzheimer's disease are made of the microtubule-associated protein tau, in a hyperphosphorylated state. Abundant filamentous tau inclusions are not limited to Alzheimer's disease. They are the defining neuropathological characteristic...
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