Meanings
plural tau proteins
- medicineA 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.
[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.
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 2–3Synonyms: tau
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin tau蛋白
- tau蛋白 (tau dànbái)protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules
French protéine tau
- protéine tauprotein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules
German Tauprotein, Tau-Protein
- Tauproteinprotein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules
- Tau-Proteinprotein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules
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