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Four Distinct Subtypes of Alzheimer’s Disease – Technology Networks
A new study reveals how tau spreads according to four distinct patterns that lead to different symptoms with different prognoses of the affected patients.
Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation and spread of the tau protein in the brain. An international study can now show how tau spreads according to four distinct patterns that lead to different symptoms with different prognoses of the affected individuals. The study was published in Nature Medicine.
“In contrast to how we have so far interpreted the spread of tau in the brain, these findings indicate that tau pathology in the brain varies according to at least four distinct…
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