Motor alterations are reduced in mice lacking the PARK2 gene in the presence of a human FTDP-17 mutant form of four-repeat tau.

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Independent deletion of the PARK2 gene and hTauVLW over-expression in mice produce mild alterations in the brain. However, the presence of both mutations in a parkin-deficient and hTauVLW double mutant mouse causes a tau neuropathology, reactive astrocytosis, and neuronal loss in the cortex and hippocampus, as well as lesions in nigrostriatal and motor neurons. Moreover, these mutants display some memory and...

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