Finding risk in all the right places

Andrew B Singleton

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2013.04.011

Finding risk in all the right places

Neuron. 2013 Apr 24;78(2):207-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.04.011.

Author

Andrew B Singleton¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. singleta@mail.nih.gov

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Cruchaga et al. (2013) identify genetic variability linked to altered levels of tau protein in cerebrospinal fluid. They show that the same genetic variants can also confer risk for Alzheimer's disease.

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Grants and funding

ZIA AG000950/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States