Human tau filaments induce microtubule and synapse loss in an in vivo model of neurofibrillary degenerative disease

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1373-1387

  Hall, Garth F ^a   Chu, Boyang ^a   Lee, Gloria ^b   Yao, Jun ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Cellular model; Dendrite; Filament; Microtubule; Neurofibrillary; Tau; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITE; LAMPREY; MICROTUBULE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LAMPREYS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; SYNAPSES; TAU PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 0034089887     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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