Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to stabilize neurons in the brain. But in Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons.
Neuroscientists have discovered that the slowing of the peak alpha frequency in the brains of elderly people is not necessarily a sign of a brain disorder 1. Instead, scans reveal how a human brain ...
Tau proteins play an important role in Alzheimer's disease. Tau helps to stabilize neurons in the brain, but in Alzheimer's disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons. These tangles ...