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Pathological tau alters head direction signaling and induces spatial disorientation.
Shan Jiang, Sara Hijazi, Barbara Sárkány, Verena G Gautsch, Patrick A LaChance, Michael E Hasselmo, David Bannerman, Tim J Viney
Published: 202510.1016/j.celrep.2025.116610
Abstract
Spatial disorientation is emerging as an early cognitive biomarker of dementia, but the underlying neural mechanisms remain undefined. The anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus (ADn) exhibits early and selective vulnerability to pathological misfolded…
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