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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?

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  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

    Roy O. Weller & Roxana O. Carare

  2. Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

    Cheryl A. Hawkes

  3. Reta Lila Research Laboratories and Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, UK

    John Hardy

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Weller, R.O., Hawkes, C.A., Carare, R.O. et al. 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 129, 763–766 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-015-1416-1

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