Brain sections from normal mice (left) and tauopathies (right). The dark purple lines in the left image represent the hippocampus, the area most responsible for learning and memory. This structure is almost completely absent in the image on the right. An NIH-funded mouse study identifies a possible therapeutic target for a family of neurodegenerative diseases.

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