Does the difference between PART and Alzheimer's disease lie in the age-related changes in cerebral arteries that trigger the accumulation of Aβ and propagation of tau?

Acta Neuropathol. 2015 May;129(5):763-6. doi: 10.1007/s00401-015-1416-1. Epub 2015 Mar 27.

Authors

Roy O Weller¹, Cheryl A Hawkes, Roxana O Carare, John Hardy

Affiliation

¹ Neuropathology, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Life Sciences, Southampton University Hospital, University of Southampton, Mail Point 806, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK, [email protected].

PMID: 25814152
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-015-1416-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aging / pathology*
Alzheimer Disease / metabolism
Alzheimer Disease / pathology*
Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism*
Brain / blood supply
Brain / pathology
Cerebral Arteries / pathology*
Humans
Tauopathies / metabolism
Tauopathies / pathology*
tau Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

Amyloid beta-Peptides
tau Proteins