A ‘Google Maps’ for tau movement sheds light on why some brain regions resist Alzheimer’s

It’s been recognized for some time that Alzheimer’s disease affects brain regions differently and that tau—a protein known to misbehave—plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau helps stabilize neurons, but in Alzheimer’s disease, it begins to misfold and tangle inside neurons. It spreads across the brain forming toxic clumps that impair neuronal function and ultimately lead to cell death.

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