## Abstract ## Objective We examined the epistatic effect between haplotypes of __glycogen synthase kinase__‐__3__β (__GSK3B__) gene and __microtubule__‐__associated protein Tau__ (__MAPT__) gene in Alzheimer's disease (AD). ## Methods A genetic association study of three AD cohorts was made. Li
Glycogen synthase kinase-3β and tau genes interact in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases
✍ Scribed by Inés García-Gorostiaga; Pascual Sánchez-Juan; Ignacio Mateo; Eloy Rodríguez-Rodríguez; Coro Sánchez-Quintana; Soraya Curiel del Olmo; José Luis Vázquez-Higuera; José Berciano; Onofre Combarros; Jon Infante
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 86 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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