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Newest studies

Every summary in our library, newest first, as a dated timeline.

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 26,926–26,950 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 1078 of 1096.

September 1991 5

  1. 1991-09-01

    Frequency and distribution of Alzheimer's disease in Europe: a collaborative study of 1980-1990 prevalence findings. The EURODEM-Prevalence Research Group

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Annals of neurology

    Key finding: Overall European prevalence (per 100 population) for the age groups 30 to 59, 60 to 69, 70 to 79, and 80 to 89 years was, respectively, 0.02, 0.3, 3.2, and 10.8.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 1991-09-01

    Neuropathological stageing of Alzheimer-related changes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology Acta Neuropathologica

    Key finding: The distribution pattern and packing density of amyloid deposits turned out to be of limited significance for differentiation of neuropathological stages. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 1991-09-01

    Effect of education on the mini-mental state examination as a screening test for dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    Key finding: Subjects were 109 elderly outpatients with Alzheimer's dementia and 100 non-demented outpatient controls. +3 more findings

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  4. 1991-09-01

    Senile plaque neurites in Alzheimer disease accumulate amyloid precursor protein

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

    Key finding: This beta-amyloid protein is derived from a larger precursor molecule of which neurons are the principal producers in brain. +3 more findings

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  5. 1991-09-01

    APP717, APP693, and PRIP gene mutations are rare in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's American journal of human genetics

    Key finding: We also tested for the APP codon 693 mutation associated with hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis-Dutch type, for PRIP gene missense mutations at codons 102, 117, and 200, and for the PRIP insertion mutations which are associated with Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and Gerstmann-Straussler Scheinker syndrome.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

August 1991 4

  1. 1991-08-01

    Reliability and validity of the Apathy Evaluation Scale

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Psychiatry research

    Key finding: Operationally, the AES treats apathy as a psychological dimension defined by simultaneous deficits in the overt behavioral, cognitive, and emotional concomitants of goal-directed behavior. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 1991-08-01

    Performance of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) as a screening test for dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Psychological medicine

    Key finding: Dementia diagnoses were made by both a clinician and a research interview using a computer algorithm to meet DSM-III-R and ICD-10 (Draft) criteria. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 1991-08-01

    Accuracy of clinical diagnosis in parkinsonism--a prospective study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Lewy body dementia The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques

    Key finding: After a mean duration of 12 years the final diagnosis was IPD in 41 cases which was confirmed in 31 (76%). +4 more findings

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  4. 1991-08-01

    Abnormal brain spectrin immunoreactivity in sprouting neurons in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Neuroscience letters

    Key finding: The present study showed that in Alzheimer disease (AD) neuropil, brain spectrin immunoreactivity is co-localized with synaptophysin in the presynaptic boutons. +2 more findings

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July 1991 11

  1. 1991-07-12

    Solution Structures of β Peptide and Its Constituent Fragments: Relation to Amyloid Deposition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Science

    Key finding: The hydrophobic carboxyl-terminal segment, beta(29-42), exists exclusively as an oligomeric beta sheet in solution, regardless of differences in solvent, pH, or temperature, suggesting that this segment directs the folding of the complete beta (1-42) peptide to produce the beta-pleated sheet found in amyloid plaques.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 1991-07-01

    A Two-factor Model of Caregiving Appraisal and Psychological Well-Being

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Journal of Gerontology

    Key finding: For spouses, caregiving satisfaction was not related to aspects of the stressor, but was a significant determinant of positive affect.

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  3. 1991-07-01

    The distribution of tangles, plaques and related immunohistochemical markers in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Neurobiology of aging

    Key finding: Because even the very mildly demented brains showed substantial pathological change, emphasis was placed on examining the nondemented cases for the earliest changes that could be associated with Alzheimer's disease. +1 more finding

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  4. 1991-07-01

    Substituted judgment: how accurate are proxy predictions?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis Annals of internal medicine

    Key finding: In this study, surrogate decision makers' views (those of primary care providers and close family members) were compared with the decisions of currently competent chronically ill elderly patients, using a hypothetic cardiopulmonary resuscitation scenario under circumstances of current health and progressive dementia. +1 more finding

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  5. 1991-07-01

    Interleukin-6 and alpha-2-macroglobulin indicate an acute-phase state in Alzheimer's disease cortices

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Tau biomarkers FEBS letters

    Key finding: Recent studies indicated that the formation of a major constituent of Alzheimer's disease (AD) senile plaques, called beta A4-peptide, does not result from normal processing of its precursor, amyloid precursor protein (APP). +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 1991-07-01

    Determinants of disease and disability in the elderly: The Rotterdam elderly study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Long-term cohort studies European Journal of Epidemiology

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  7. 1991-07-01

    HIV-1, macrophages, glial cells, and cytokines in AIDS nervous system disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

    Key finding: Dementia and severe sensory and motor dysfunction characterize more severe disease. +3 more findings

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  8. 1991-07-01

    Spousal caregivers of dementia victims: longitudinal changes in immunity and health

    ✓ Peer-reviewed How common it is Psychosomatic medicine

    Key finding: Caregivers also reported significantly more days of infectious illness, primarily upper respiratory tract infections. +1 more finding

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  9. 1991-07-01

    Neurologic aspects of cobalamin deficiency

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis Medicine

    Key finding: In addition, the hematocrit correlated significantly with severity, independent of the longer duration of symptoms in nonanemic patients.

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  10. 1991-07-01

    Mild cognitive impairment in the elderly: predictors of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis Neurology

    Key finding: The mildly impaired subjects performed significantly more poorly than the controls on tests of recent memory, remote memory, language function, concept formation, and visuospatial praxis. +2 more findings

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  11. 1991-07-01

    The short form of the Geriatric Depression Scale: a comparison with the 30-item form

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology

    Key finding: The findings suggest that the short version of the GDS, like its longer predecessor, is an effective screening tool in the cognitively intact.

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June 1991 5

  1. 1991-06-01

    Risk factors associated with falls and injuries among elderly institutionalized persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety American journal of epidemiology

    Key finding: A case-control study among 184 matched pairs of patients 65 years of age and older was undertaken to identify risk factors associated with falls and injuries in a long-term care facility in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1984-1985. +2 more findings

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  2. 1991-06-01

    Cholinergic mechanisms in learning, memory and dementia: a review of recent evidence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology Trends in neurosciences

    Key finding: As is often the case in science, the early enthusiasm for the cholinergic hypothesis has been tempered by the results of subsequent research. +3 more findings

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  3. 1991-06-01

    Linkage studies in familial Alzheimer disease: evidence for chromosome 19 linkage

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology American journal of human genetics

    Key finding: George Hyslop et al. reported linkage of familial AD (FAD) in four early-onset families (mean age at onset [M] less than 50 years). +3 more findings

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  4. 1991-06-01

    Intramuscular desferrioxamine in patients with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Lancet (London, England)

    Key finding: Although epidemiological and biochemical evidence suggests that aluminium may be associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), there is no convincing proof of a causal link for aluminium in disease progression. +3 more findings

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  5. 1991-06-01

    Estimated prevalence of dementia among elderly black and white community residents

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities Archives of neurology

    Key finding: A stratified random sample of 83 black and 81 white community residents aged 65 years and older in a five-county area in the Piedmont region of North Carolina was evaluated for dementia, using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke--Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association criteria. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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