tau protein

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tau protein (plural tau proteins)

1. (neurology) A protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules, and when misfolded is associated with forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

   Synonym: tau

   • 2017 November 22, “Courier editorial: CTE research has ramifications”, in Nancy Newhoff, editor, The Courier, volume 159, number 272, Waterloo, Ia.: Lee Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A5, columns 2–3:

     [Bennet] Omalu’s experimental breakthrough – along with UCLA researchers – uses positron-emission tomography (PET scan) and a radioactive “tracer” called FDDNP to bind to tau proteins in the brain.

• microtubule-associated protein (MAP)

• MAPT
• tauopathy

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