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Neurodegeneration and defective neurotransmission in a Caenorhabditis elegans model of tauopathy.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Aug 2003
Kraemer Brian C, Zhang Bin, Leverenz James B, Thomas James H, Trojanowski John Q, Schellenberg Gerard D
Abstract excerpt
Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism chromosome 17 type (FTDP-17) is caused by mutations in MAPT, the gene encoding tau. FTDP-17 begins with executive function deficits and other abnormal behaviors, which progress to dementia. Neurodegenerative changes include accumulation of aggregated tau as neuronal and glial fibrillary tangles. Aggregated tau is seen in numerous other neurodegenerative diseases,...
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