Tau pathology leads to lonely non-traveling slow waves that mediate human memory impairment
Omer Sharon, Xi Chen, Jason Dude, James Westphal, Chelsea Brown, Vyoma D. Shah, Yo‐El S. Ju, William J. Jagust, Matthew P. Walker
The paper shows that tau pathology in the frontal lobe impairs slow wave propagation, leading to memory deficits in humans.
Nature Neuroscience · Sep 11, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience