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| File | What it shows | Source paper / authors | DOI / PMCID | Figure | License | Attribution line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elife104778-tau-cryoem-fig1.jpg | Cryo-EM of recombinant tau paired helical filaments: raw micrograph, 2D class averages, atomic models | Lövestam S, Wagstaff JL, Katsinelos T, Shi J, Freund SMV, Goedert M, Scheres SHW. “Twelve phosphomimetic mutations induce the assembly of recombinant full-length human tau into paired helical filaments.” eLife 2026;15:RP104778 | DOI 10.7554/eLife.104778 / PMCID PMC13189620 | Fig 1 | CC BY 4.0 | Lövestam S. et al., eLife 2026, Fig 1 · CC BY 4.0 · DOI 10.7554/eLife.104778 |
| nft-histopathology-annotated.jpg | Annotated histopathology of neurofibrillary tangles, hippocampus, Alzheimer's disease | Mikael Häggström, M.D. | — (Wikimedia Commons) | — | CC0 | Mikael Häggström, M.D. · CC0 |
| tauopathy-ad-cortex.jpg | Tau immunohistochemistry: abnormal tau protein, cerebral cortex, Alzheimer's disease | Tulemo | — (Wikimedia Commons) | — | CC0 | Tulemo · CC0 (Wikimedia Commons) |
| oligodendrocytes-tau-tangles.png | Diagram: oligodendrocytes and tau neurofibrillary tangles; proposed links between myelin loss, tau phosphorylation and tangles (labeled as diagram) | Guo S, Yu X, Zhang H. “The Role of Oligodendrocytes in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis and Therapy.” Neuroglia 2025;6:46 | DOI 10.3390/neuroglia6040046 | Fig 4 | CC BY 4.0 | Guo S. et al., Neuroglia 2025, Fig 4 · CC BY 4.0 |
| abeta-tau-ad.tif (shared from amyloid-cascade-academic/sourced/) | Photomicrograph of Aβ plaques and tau tangles, the two defining proteopathies of Alzheimer's disease | Tulemo | — (Wikimedia Commons) | — | CC0 | Tulemo · CC0 (Wikimedia Commons) |
PDB structures rendered (public domain)
- PDB 5O3L — tau paired helical filament, Alzheimer's disease (cryo-EM)
Images rejected
- File:Neurofibrillary tangles in the Hippocampus of an old person with Alzheimer-related pathology (Patho) — CC BY-SA 3.0 — rejected: BY-SA
- File:Tauopathy in Alzheimer's disease.jpg (Tulemo) — CC BY-SA 4.0 — rejected: BY-SA
- File:TauProtein.jpg (Zwarck) — CC BY-SA 2.5 — rejected: BY-SA