Measuring Tau Protein (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Measuring Tau Protein

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Researchers use mouse brains to study ways to measure the brain protein tau, which plays a role in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (boxer's dementia).

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Huy Mach

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