When the MAP protein tau has abnormally high levels of __________, it is associated with the development of strange, tangled filaments called _________ that have been seen in the brains of patients suffering from several fatal neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease.
A)phosphorylation, neurofibrillary tangles
B)phosphorylation, neurofibrillary anastomoses
C)dephosphorylation, neurofibrillary tangles
D)dephosphorylation, neurofibrillary anastomoses
E)amination, neurofibrillary tangles

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Abnormally high levels of phosphorylation of the MAP protein tau are associated with the development of neurofibrillary tangles.

When the MAP Protein Tau Has Abnormally High Levels of __________