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Newest studies

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What "newest" means here

The most recent study in this library is dated 2026-11-01 (Paths of Aging Minds: Health Journeys of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment). This is our summary library, not a news wire — it is added to in batches, so the newest entry may not be the newest paper published anywhere.

Entries are sorted strictly by publication date, newest first. 26489 of the 27380 entries carry a full day-level date. 65 have no date recorded at all and are placed by publication year, at the start of that year; those are marked "no date recorded" below so you can see where the ordering is a best effort rather than a fact.

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Showing 26,201–26,225 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 1049 of 1096.

March 1997 15

  1. 1997-03-01

    A 5-year longitudinal study of the Mini-Mental State Examination in normal aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment American journal of epidemiology

    Key finding: This paper presents a 5-year longitudinal study of the MMSE score in a sample of 2,537 non-demented French community residents aged 65 years and older who were participants in the Paquid Study in 1988-1992. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 1997-03-01

    Analysis of the 5' sequence, genomic structure, and alternative splicing of the presenilin-1 gene (PSEN1) associated with early onset Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Genomics

    Key finding: The presenilin genes encode integral membrane proteins with similar structures, which suggests that they may have closely related, but as yet unknown functions. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 1997-03-01

    Secretory processing of amyloid precursor protein is inhibited by increase in cellular cholesterol content

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE The Biochemical journal

    Key finding: In virtually all cell types the proteolytic processing of Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein (APP) to generate soluble APP (sAPP) is believed to occur at the plasma membrane or in its immediate proximity. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 1997-03-01

    The presenilin 2 mutation (N141I) linked to familial Alzheimer disease (Volga German families) increases the secretion of amyloid beta protein ending at the 42nd (or 43rd) residue

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    Key finding: PS2 was identified as a 50- to 55-kDa protein, which was cleaved to produce N-terminal fragments of 35-40 kDa and C-terminal fragments of 19-23 kDa. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 1997-03-01

    Clinicopathological features of familial Alzheimer's disease associated with the M139V mutation in the presenilin 1 gene. Pedigree but not mutation specific age at onset provides evidence for a further genetic factor

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Brain : a journal of neurology

    Key finding: A mutation at codon 139 in the presenilin 1 gene on chromosome 14 results in a methionine to valine substitution which cosegregates with the disease in these families. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 1997-03-01

    Brain infarction and the clinical expression of Alzheimer disease. The Nun Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed How common it is JAMA

    Key finding: These findings suggest that cerebrovascular disease may play an important role in determining the presence and severity of the clinical symptoms of AD. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 1997-03-01

    Dietary antioxidants and other dietary factors in the etiology of Parkinson's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society

    Key finding: It has been suggested that dietary antioxidants reduce Parkinson's disease (PD) risk by neutralizing free radicals, thus preventing injury to neurons in the substantia nigra. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 1997-03-01

    Stroke, disability, and dementia: results of a population survey

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities Stroke

    Key finding: In our population, the prevalence of stroke was higher than in previous studies. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 1997-03-01

    Behaviour disturbance and other predictors of carer burden in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving International journal of geriatric psychiatry

    Key finding: In this study increased carer burden was related independently to increased levels of patient behaviour disturbance and decreased levels of informal social support. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 1997-03-01

    Specific hippocampal volume reductions in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis Neurobiology of aging

    Key finding: We found hippocampal volume reductions of 14% for the MCI and 22% for the DAT group compared to the NL group. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 1997-03-01

    Volume and number of neurons of the human hippocampal formation in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis The Journal of comparative neurology

    Key finding: The mean total volume of the principal subdivisions of the hippocampal formation (fascia dentata, hilus, CA3-2, CA1, and subiculum) showed a negative correlation with age in normal subjects (r = -0.56, 2P < 0.05), and a 32% mean reduction in the AD group compared with controls (P < 0.001). +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 1997-03-01

    The clinical introduction of genetic testing for Alzheimer disease. An ethical perspective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics JAMA

    Key finding: Except for autosomal dominant early-onset families, genetic testing in asymptomatic individuals is unwarranted. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 1997-03-01

    Why are stroke patients prone to develop dementia?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Journal of neurology

    Key finding: We found three distinct factors that may explain the occurrence of dementia after a stroke. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 1997-03-01

    Exploring the etiology of Alzheimer disease using molecular genetics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics JAMA

    Key finding: Mutations in each of these genes result in elevated levels of A beta42/43, a proteolytic processing fragment of APP that is deposited in brains of AD patients. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 1997-03-01

    Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and the risk of dementia with stroke. A population-based investigation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics JAMA

    Key finding: The APOE epsilon4 allele is a genetic risk factor for dementia with stroke, including VaD and AD with CVD. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

February 1997 10

  1. 1997-02-01

    Association of premorbid intellectual function with cerebral metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: implications for the cognitive reserve hypothesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging American Journal of Psychiatry

    Key finding: After the authors controlled for demographic characteristics and dementia severity, both estimates of premorbid intellectual ability were inversely correlated with cerebral metabolism in the prefrontal, pre-motor, and left superior parietal association regions. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 1997-02-01

    Frontal behavioral inventory: diagnostic criteria for frontal lobe dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques

    Key finding: The FBI appears to be a useful diagnostic instrument and a method to operate the behavioral criteria of FLD. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 1997-02-01

    Prevalence and incidence of health problems in people with intellectual disability

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR

    Key finding: Striking results included the reported high prevalence and incidence of visual and hearing impairment, which was even more pronounced in people with Down's syndrome than in people with intellectual disability resulting from other causes. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 1997-02-01

    Observation of metastable Abeta amyloid protofibrils by atomic force microscopy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Chemistry & biology

    Key finding: Abeta protofibrils are likely to be intermediates in the in vitro assembly of Abeta amyloid fibrils, but their in vivo role has yet to be determined.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 1997-02-01

    Disruption of the metallothionein-III gene in mice: analysis of brain zinc, behavior, and neuron vulnerability to metals, aging, and seizures

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

    Key finding: Mutant mice exhibited normal spatial learning in the Morris water maze and were not sensitive to systemic zinc or cadmium exposure. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 1997-02-01

    The risk factors and impact on survival of feeding tube placement in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Archives of internal medicine

    Key finding: There are specific risk factors associated with feeding tube placement in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 1997-02-01

    Chronic histopathological consequences of fluid-percussion brain injury in rats: effects of post-traumatic hypothermia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans Acta neuropathologica

    Key finding: Significant hippocampal cell loss was found in the ipsilateral dentate hilar region of both TBI groups. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 1997-02-01

    Aggressive, socially disruptive and antisocial behaviour associated with fronto-temporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

    Key finding: Degeneration of frontal and temporal lobes predisposes to antisocial behaviour. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 1997-02-01

    CCR3 and CCR5 are co-receptors for HIV-1 infection of microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Nature

    Key finding: T cell line-tropic (T-tropic) HIV-1 viruses use the chemokine receptor CXCR4 as a co-receptor, whereas macrophage-tropic (M-tropic) primary viruses use CCR5 (refs 2-6). +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 1997-02-01

    Altered amyloid protein processing in platelets of patients with Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Archives of neurology

    Key finding: Alternate cleavage products of intact 140- to 150-kd APPs in platelets include nonamyloidogenic 120- to 130-kd and 110-kd isoforms. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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