The second part of the project will look at how easily different types of tau protein might jump between nerve cells. How will this project help people with dementia? Knowing more about how tau can ...

Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are neurobiological lesions that are found in brain cells of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). They consist of aggregates of abnormally phosphorylated tau ...

High levels of “hidden” fat known as visceral fat may put you at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease up to two decades before ...

Exercise may positively influence the interactions between brain cells in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in ...

The new research also found that tau protein in the brain, considered a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, may initially play a protective role against viral infections. “Identifying health ...

The study results are published today in Cell Reports. The study also revealed how tau protein, often viewed as harmful in Alzheimer's, might initially protect the brain from the virus but ...

This manuscript describes the identification and characterization of 12 specific phosphomimetic mutations in the recombinant full-length human tau protein that trigger tau to form fibrils. This ...

The study results are published today in Cell Reports. The study also revealed how tau protein, often viewed as harmful in Alzheimer's, might initially protect the brain from the virus but ...

The microtubule-associated protein tau is commonly implicated in neurodegenerative conditions ... build up and disrupt microtubule assembly in different brain regions, cell types, and subcellular ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, and researchers now attribute its symptoms to the deposition of tau amyloid fibrils. Although scientists developed many ...