Targeting pre-synaptic tau accumulation: a new strategy to counteract tau-mediated synaptic loss and memory deficits.

ABSTRACT

Synaptic tau accumulation is believed to promote synaptic loss, which contributes to cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease and tauopathies. In this issue of Neuron, Largo-Barrientos et al. report that synaptic loss can be mitigated by lowering Synaptogyrin-3, a known mediator of tau binding to synaptic vesicles.