Neurobiology of Disease Regulation of Mitochondrial Transport and Inter-Microtubule Spacing by Tau Phosphorylation at the Sites Hyperphosphorylated in Alzheimer’s Disease
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Kourosh Shahpasand,1 Isao Uemura,2 Taro Saito,1 Tsunaki Asano,3 Kenji Hata,4 Keitaro Shibata,5 Yoko Toyoshima,5 Masato Hasegawa,6 and Shin-ichi Hisanaga1 1Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, 2Laboratory of Developmental Program, 3Laboratory of Cell Genetics, 4Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan, 5Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan, and 6Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Neuropathology and Cell Biology, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan
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