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Tau promotes neurodegeneration via DRP1 mislocalization in vivo.
Neuron - 23 Aug 2012
DuBoff Brian, Götz Jürgen, Feany Mel B
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial abnormalities have been documented in Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders, but the causal relationship between mitochondrial changes and neurodegeneration, and the specific mechanisms promoting mitochondrial dysfunction, are unclear. Here, we find that expression of human tau results in elongation of mitochondria in both Drosophila and mouse neurons. Elongation is accompanied...
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