Tau aggregation and its interplay with amyloid-β

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-220

  Nisbet, Rebecca M ^a   Polanco, Juan Carlos ^a   Ittner, Lars M ^b   Götz, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Amyloid (A ); Frontotemporal dementia; Immunotherapy; Neurotoxicity; scFvs (single chain variable antibody fragments); Tau

Indexed keywords

ACI 24; ADUCANUMAB; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; BAN 2401; BAPINEUZUMAB; BETA SECRETASE INHIBITOR; COPPER; CRENEZUMAB; ETIRACETAM; GANTENERUMAB; MEMANTINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; PROTEIN KINASE FYN; QS 21; RISPERIDONE; SAR 228810; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; SOLANEZUMAB; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN DAMAGE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; SYNAPSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; SYNAPSES; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84927710653     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-014-1371-2     Document Type: Review

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