Frontotemporal lobar degeneration: old knowledge and new insight into the pathogenetic mechanisms of tau mutations
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration is a group of heterogeneous neurodegenerative diseases which includes tauopathies. In the central nervous system tau is the major microtubule-associated protein of neurons, promoting assembly and stabilization of microtubules required for morphogenesis and axonal tr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00192/full |