In November 1887, Patrick Joseph P.J. Kennedy married Mary Augusta Hickey, daughter of James Hickey of Cork, Ireland, and Margaret M. Field, also of Ireland. Their son, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, was born on September 6, 1888 in East Boston.
Tau is a protein found in neurons, where it works to stabilize the shape and function of the cell. As part of normal function, proteins in the body fold, unfold and refold into different shapes in order to perform specific functions, and when they are no longer needed, they are broken down and recycled by the cell.
Tau is the protein that is formed in the neurofibrillary tangle, but tau is also a normal protein that we all have in our brain. It is mostly present in the axon of a neuron, the part that is projecting a long distance.In the axon, it is attached to the microtubules.You can think of tau as the ties along railroad tracks, with the railroad tracks being the microtubules and the ties being the tau protein. The purpose of this system of tau and microtubules is for moving cargo down these long distances, the long axons.t is mostly present in the axon of a neuron, the part that is projecting a long distance. In the axon, it is attached to the microtubules. You can think of tau as the ties along railroad tracks, with the railroad tracks being the microtubules and the ties being the tau protein.