Tracking tau

(University of California - Santa Barbara) In the fight against neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, the tau protein is a major culprit. Found abundantly in our brain cells, tau is normally a team player -- it maintains structure and stability within neurons, and it helps with transport of nutrients from one part of the cell to another.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news