Plasma N-terminal tau fragment levels predict future cognitive decline and neurodegeneration in healthy elderly individuals

Previously it was shown that an N-terminal tau fragment (NT1) measured in plasma can differentiate individuals with Alzheimer’s disease from healthy controls. Here the authors show that plasma levels of NT1 can associate with future cognitive decline in cognitively normal elderly individuals.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jasmeer P. Chhatwal, Aaron P. Schultz, Yifan Dang, Beth Ostaszewski, Lei Liu, Hyun-Sik Yang, Keith A. Johnson, Reisa A. Sperling, Dennis J. Selkoe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19543-w