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Tau therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease: the promise and the challenges.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Dec 2002
Gold Michael
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The pathological diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) depends on the presence of plaques consisting of the beta-amyloid peptide as well as neurofibrillary tangles consisting of paired helical filaments (PHFs) of the tau (tau) protein. The role of each type of pathology in the pathogenesis and progression of AD remains unclear. Previous hypotheses suggested that these two processes were independent, whereas more...
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