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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Main Authors: Giacomina eRossi, Fabrizio eTagliavini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
tau
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00192/full