New Alzheimer's Mouse Model (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

New Alzheimer's Mouse Model

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Upper panel: Tau clumps in new AD mouse model, either in the cell body as neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) or in dystrophic axons surrounding A-beta plaques as neuritic plaque tau. Lower panel: tau clumps in human AD brain, as NFTs (arrow head) and NP tau.

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The lab of Virginia Lee, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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