Reactive microglia drive tau pathology and contribute to the spreading of pathological tau in the brain.

Maphis N, Xu G, Kokiko-Cochran ON, Jiang S, Cardona A, Ransohoff RM, Lamb BT, Bhaskar K. Reactive microglia drive tau pathology and contribute to the spreading of pathological tau in the brain. Brain. 2015 Jun; 138(Pt 6):1738-55.

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subject areas

Animals
Brain
Hippocampus
Humans
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
Memory Disorders
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Microglia
Phosphorylation
Receptors, Chemokine
tau Proteins
Tauopathies

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Astrid Cardona

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