Tauopathies and tau oligomers

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 565-568

  Takashima, Akihiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granular tau oligomer; neuron loss; synapse loss; tau fibril; tau oligomer

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANT; OLIGOMER; TAU PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; REVIEW; TAUOPATHY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 84892734511     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-130653     Document Type: Review

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