tauopathy
Findings
No curated finding names tauopathy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Neurodegenerative disorders involving deposition of abnormal tau protein isoforms (tau proteins) in neurons and glial cells in the brain. Pathological aggregations of tau proteins are associated with mutation of the tau gene on chromosome 17 in patients with alzheimer disease; dementia; parkinsonian disorders; progressive supranuclear palsy (supranuclear palsy, progressive); and corticobasal degeneration.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005574), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- Neurofibrillary tanglesMondoHP:0002185
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (2)