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Aki Shimozawa

Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceORCID 0009-0002-7704-9956Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1

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Masato HasegawaiD· 2 shared Airi TarutaniiD· 1 shared Akiyoshi KakitaiD· 1 shared Andrew RobinsoniD· 1 shared Chie SekiiD· 1 shared Hironobu EndoiD· 1 shared Hiroshi ShimizuiD· 1 shared Hiroyuki TakuwaiD· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceNaturePeer-reviewedSep 30, 2026

Prion-like transmission of human tau strains in the mouse brain

Sofia Lövestam, Aki Shimozawa, Airi Tarutani…·Sjors H. W. Scheres

This study demonstrates that tau filaments from Alzheimer's and corticobasal degeneration patients can seed the formation of structurally identical mouse tau filaments, supporting the prion-like transmission hypothesis.

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NeuroscienceNeuronPeer-reviewedJun 5, 2024

Imaging α-synuclein pathologies in animal models and patients with Parkinson's and related diseases

Hironobu Endo, Maiko Ono, Yuhei Takado…·Makoto Higuchi

This study develops a PET ligand to visualize α-synuclein pathologies in Parkinson's and DLB patients, showing increased signals in affected brain regions.

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