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 ...

Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that helps to stabilize the structure of neurons, specifically by supporting ...

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

Scientists have developed two new imaging agents that work better than the only currently approved one for detecting tau ...

Those with Alzheimer’s were more likely to have delayed REM sleep, and they also had higher levels of the toxic brain ...