Tau protein seen in ?: (A) Alzhiemer's disease, (B) Lewy body dementia, (C) Picks disease, (D) Amylodosis
Answer is A. Alzhiemer&;s disease : There is atrophy of frontal and temporal lobes to variable extent and severity. The pattern of atrophy can often be predicted in pa by the clinical symptomatology. The atrophic regions of coex are marked by neuronal loss, gliosis, and the presence of tau-containing neurofibrillary tangles REF: ROBBINS pathology 10th edition