Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 1015-1022 , July 2005

Tau truncation during neurofibrillary tangle evolution in Alzheimer's disease

  • Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Both authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 312 503 0849; fax: +1 312 503 7912.
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  • Francisco Garcia-Sierra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Present address: Department of Cell Biology, Center of Research and Advanced Studies of the National Politechnic Institute, Av. Instituto Politecnico Nacional 2508, CP 07360, Mexico City, Mexico.
    • Both authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Matthew R. Reynolds

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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  • Peleg M. Horowitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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  • Yifan Fu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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  • Tianyi Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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  • Michael E. Cahill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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  • Eileen H. Bigio

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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  • Robert W. Berry

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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  • Lester I. Binder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

Received 18 May 2004 ,Revised 26 August 2004 ,Accepted 22 September 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.09.019

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 1015-1022 , July 2005

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