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. 2021 Aug 30;26(10):5481–5503. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01249-0

Fig. 5. The evidence-driven experimental model of Aβ-tau synergy.

Fig. 5

Accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles made up of tau (red) and amyloid plaques composed of amyloid-β (blue) coincides in the neocortical areas in the brain of Alzheimer’s disease subjects supporting amyloid-β dependent tau propagation across neocortical regions. Inter-neuronal spreading of tau (bottom) is enhanced in AD brains with both plaques and tangle build-up. Adapted with permission from ref. [221].