Tau Protein in Oral Mucosa and Cognitive State: A Cross-sectional Study

Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the presence of abnormal aggregates of proteins in brain tissue. Among them, the presence of aggregates of phosphorylated Tau protein (p-Tau) is the hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other major neurodegenerative disorders such as corticobasal d...

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Main Authors: Luis Fernando Arredondo, Saray Aranda-Romo, Ildefonso Rodríguez-Leyva, Erika Chi-Ahumada, Sami K. Saikaly, Diana P. Portales-Pérez, Roberto González-Amaro, Mariana Salgado-Bustamante, Lourdes Enriquez-Macias, William Eng, Robert A. Norman, Maria E. Jimenez-Capdeville
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00554/full