PET points to tau protein as leading culprit in Alzheimer's
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 11:01
in Biology & Nature
Alzheimer's is a devastating and incurable disease marked by beta-amyloid and tau protein aggregations in the brain, yet the direct relationship between these proteins and neurodegeneration has remained a mystery. New molecular imaging research is revealing how tau, rather than amyloid-deposition, may be more directly instigating neuronal dysfunction.