Tau proteins (or τ proteins, after the Greek letter with that name) are proteins that stabilize microtubules. They are abundant in neurons of the central nervous system and are less common elsewhere, but are also expressed at very low levels in CNS astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.[5] Pathologies and dementias of the nervous system such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease [6] are associated with tau proteins that have become defective and no longer stabilize microtubules properly. The tauContinue reading “Brain injury, concussive force of military blasts and Alzheimer’s – tau protein”