Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Tau deposition is associated with functional isolation of the hippocampus in aging

  • Theresa M. Harrison,
  • Anne Maass,
  • Jenna N. Adams,
  • Richard Du,
  • Suzanne L. Baker,
  • William J. Jagust

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12921-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Deposition of tau protein aggregates occurs during aging and Alzheimer disease. Here, the authors show that tau burden in the anterior-temporal memory network is associated with disrupted fMRI connectivity and functional isolation of the hippocampus from other memory network components.