Deficiency of terminal complement pathway inhibitor promotes neuronal tau pathology and degeneration in mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The neuronal microtubule-associated protein tau becomes hyperphosphorylated and forms aggregates in tauopathies but the processes leading to this pathological hallmark are not understood. Because tauopathies are accompanied by neuroi...

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Main Authors: Britschgi Markus, Takeda-Uchimura Yoshiko, Rockenstein Edward, Johns Hudson, Masliah Eliezer, Wyss-Coray Tony
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Neuroinflammation
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Online Access:http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/9/1/220