Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Factors other than hTau overexpression that contribute to tauopathy-like phenotype in rTg4510 mice

  • Julia Gamache,
  • Kellie Benzow,
  • Colleen Forster,
  • Lisa Kemper,
  • Chris Hlynialuk,
  • Eva Furrow,
  • Karen H. Ashe,
  • Michael D. Koob

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10428-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The rTg4510 mosue line has a tauopathy-like phenotype which is attributed to overexpression of human tau in the frontal cortex. Here the authors identify potential confounding genetic factors that could contribute to the phenotype.