What is it about?
Novel mouse model, has been used to follow tau pathology in a biological and social system, the mouse.
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Why is it important?
Mice are social species like humans and they provide an excellent model for human traits such as depression, impulsivity and others related to dementia
Perspectives
Not only cognitive defitics make up dementia pathology, but also non-cognitive, so called emotional changes can be part of the symptomatology
Dr Ann Van der Jeugd
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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This page is a summary of: Observations in THY-Tau22 mice that resemble behavioral and psychological signs and symptoms of dementia, Behavioural Brain Research, April 2013, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.12.008.
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