"Synaptic dysfuntion caused by tau mislocalization in neurodegenerative diseases ," by Dezhi Liao, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The University of Minnesota
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Neuroscience Program
- Location
- Beckman Institute 1005
- Date
- Apr 26, 2022 4:00 pm
- Speaker
- Dezhi Liao, University of Minnesota
- Contact
- Neuroscience Program
- nsp@life.illinois.edu
- Phone
- 217-300-7978
- Views
- 104
- Originating Calendar
- Neuroscience Program Seminars
Increasing evidence supports a key role of tau in mediating synaptic and cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. The seminar will introduce a common mechanism underlying these diseases: the redistribution of microtubule associated protein tau (MAPT) from the axon into the somatodendritic compartments of neurons and further into dendritic spines, causing loss of AMPA receptors in spines.