Cytoskeletal pathologies of Alzheimer disease
Open Access
- 28 May 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Cell Motility
- Vol. 66 (8), 635-649
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.20388
Abstract
The histopathological hallmarks of Alzheimer disease are the extracellular amyloid plaques, composed principally of the amyloid beta peptide, and the intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, composed of paired helical filaments of the microtubule‐associated protein, tau. Other histopathological structures involving actin and the actin‐binding protein, cofilin, have more recently been recognized. Here we review new findings about these cytoskeletal pathologies, and, emphasize how plaques, tangles, the actin‐containing inclusions and their respective building blocks may contribute to Alzheimer pathogenesis and the primary behavioral symptoms of the disease. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton, 2009.Keywords
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