Hypothesis: Tau pathology is an initiating factor in sporadic Alzheimer's disease
Arnsten AFT, Datta D, Del Tredici K, Braak H. Hypothesis: Tau pathology is an initiating factor in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2020, 17: 115-124. PMID: 33075193, PMCID: PMC7983919, DOI: 10.1002/alz.12192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbnormal tau phosphorylationTau pathologyProjection neuronsTau phosphorylationAssociation cortexAlzheimer's diseaseBrain tau pathologySporadic Alzheimer's diseaseSusceptible microenvironmentCalcium dysregulationVulnerable neuronsAβ plaquesAβ productionSporadic formsSAD pathologyRhesus monkeysAbnormal phosphorylationPathological eventsDiseaseAβ oligomersPathologyNeuronsVicious cycleCortexTau