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Nervous System > Neurons > Neuropil > Neuropil Threads
Cells > Neurons > Neuropil > Neuropil Threads
Nervous System > Neuroglia > Neuropil > Neuropil Threads
Cells > Neuroglia > Neuropil > Neuropil Threads
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Microtubules > Neuropil Threads
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Microtubules > Neuropil Threads
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Microtubules > Neuropil Threads

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Neuropil Threads  

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Note

  • do not confuse with NEUROPIL, a "felt" of interwoven neuronal components & neuroglia

Scope note

  • Abnormal structures located chiefly in distal dendrites and, along with NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES and SENILE PLAQUES, constitute the three morphological hallmarks of ALZHEIMER DISEASE. Neuropil threads are made up of straight and paired helical filaments which consist of abnormally phosphorylated microtubule-associated tau proteins. It has been suggested that the threads have a major role in the cognitive impairment seen in Alzheimer disease.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019600

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