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Impaired plasticity of cortical dendritic spines in P301S tau transgenic mice.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 17 Dec 2013
Hoffmann Nadine A, Dorostkar Mario M, Blumenstock Sonja, Goedert Michel, Herms Jochen
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BACKGROUND: Illuminating the role of the microtubule-associated protein tau in neurodegenerative diseases is of increasing importance, supported by recent studies establishing novel functions of tau in synaptic signalling and cytoskeletal organization. In severe dementias like Alzheimer's disease (AD), synaptic failure and cognitive decline correlate best with the grade of tau-pathology. To address synaptic...
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