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. 2022 Nov;18(11):638.
doi: 10.1038/s41582-022-00725-7.

Tau - the missing link between chronic pain and dementia?

Heather Wood  1
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Tau - the missing link between chronic pain and dementia?

Heather Wood. Nat Rev Neurol. 2022 Nov.
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  • Chronic pain causes Tau-mediated hippocampal pathology and memory deficits.
    Guerreiro SR, Guimarães MR, Silva JM, Dioli C, Vamvaka-Iakovou A, Sousa R, Gomes P, Megalokonomou A, Campos-Marques C, Cunha AM, Almeida A, Sousa N, Leite-Almeida H, Sotiropoulos I. Guerreiro SR, et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Nov;27(11):4385-4393. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01707-3. Epub 2022 Sep 2. Mol Psychiatry. 2022. PMID: 36056171

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    1. Guerreiro, S. R. et al. Chronic pain causes Tau-mediated hippocampal pathology and memory deficits. Mol. Psychiatry https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01707-3 (2022) - DOI - PubMed
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