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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 11,476–11,500 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 460 of 1096.

July 2020 14

  1. 2020-07-01

    Association Between Cardiovascular Disease and Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution With the Risk of Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions JAMA neurology

    Key finding: This study found that long-term exposure to air pollution was associated with a higher risk of dementia. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2020-07-01

    Economic Burden of Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders Among US Medicare Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety JAMA network open

    Key finding: The findings of this cohort study suggest that among older Medicare patients undergoing surgical treatment, a diagnosis of a PND was associated with an increase in health care costs for up to 1 year following the surgical procedure. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2020-07-01

    The role of diet in preventing and reducing cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Current opinion in psychiatry

    Key finding: This review summarises the most recent evidence regarding the effects of diet in preventing and reducing age-related cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2020-07-01

    Targeting Infectious Agents as a Therapeutic Strategy in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system CNS drugs

    Key finding: Infection results in neuroinflammation, leading to, and sustained by, systemic inflammation, causing eventual neurodegeneration, and the senescence of the immune cells.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2020-07-01

    Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Prevalence Differs by Appalachian Residence in Ohio

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

    Key finding: Negative binomial regression was used to estimate prevalence overall, by Appalachian Regional Commission's Appalachian/non-Appalachian designation, and by rural/urban (Rural-Urban Continuum Codes) classification. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2020-07-01

    Increased Prevalence in Alzheimer Disease in the Northeast Tennessee Region of the United States

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Southern Medical Journal

    Key finding: The PORs of AD in rural counties in NTR increased by 18.3%, 4.7%, and 19% compared with urban counties for 2013, 2014, and 2015, respectively. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2020-07-01

    Physical Exercise and Longitudinal Trajectories in Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers and Cognitive Functioning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Tau biomarkers Alzheimer disease and associated disorders

    Key finding: Associations of physical exercise with Alzheimer disease (AD) biomarkers and cognitive functioning have been observed cross-sectionally. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2020-07-01

    Subjective cognitive decline as a predictor of future cognitive decline: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Dementia & neuropsychologia

    Key finding: Recent studies suggest that SCD could be a risk factor for objective cognitive impairment. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2020-07-01

    Twenty-seven-year time trends in dementia incidence in Europe and the United States: The Alzheimer Cohorts Consortium

    ✓ Peer-reviewed How common it is Neurology

    Key finding: The incidence rate of dementia in Europe and North America has declined by 13% per decade over the past 25 years, consistently across studies. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2020-07-01

    Association Between Blood Pressure and Later-Life Cognition Among Black and White Individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities JAMA neurology

    Key finding: Among 34 349 participants, 19 378 individuals who were free of stroke and dementia and had longitudinal BP, cognitive, and covariate data were included in the analysis. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2020-07-01

    Positron Emission Tomography Imaging With [18F]flortaucipir and Postmortem Assessment of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis JAMA neurology

    Key finding: This study's findings suggest that PET imaging with [18F]flortaucipir could be used to identify the density and distribution of AD-type tau pathology and the presence of high levels of AD neuropathological change, supporting a neuropathological diagnosis of AD. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2020-07-01

    Dietary interventions and cognition of Alzheimer's disease patients: a systematic review of randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Dementia & neuropsychologia

    Key finding: It is estimated that by 2030 there will be 82 million people in the world with dementia. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2020-07-01

    Effect of Rotigotine vs Placebo on Cognitive Functions Among Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments JAMA network open

    Key finding: In this randomized clinical trial, rotigotine treatment did not significantly affect global cognition in patients with mild to moderate AD; however, improvement was observed in cognitive functions highly associated with the frontal lobe and in activities of daily living. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2020-07-01

    Association of Klotho-VS Heterozygosity With Risk of Alzheimer Disease in Individuals Who Carry APOE4

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics JAMA neurology

    Key finding: The genotype KL-VSHET+ is associated with reduced AD risk and Aβ burden in individuals who are aged 60 to 80 years, cognitively normal, and carrying APOE4. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

June 2020 11

  1. 2020-06-30

    TRIM32 Deficiency Impairs Synaptic Plasticity by Excitatory-Inhibitory Imbalance via Notch Pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

    Key finding: Our electrophysiological studies using hippocampal slices revealed that long-term potentiation of CA1 synapses was impaired in TRIM32 deficient (KO) mice.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2020-06-30

    Androgens' effects on cerebrovascular function in health and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Biology of sex differences

    Key finding: Men are at a greater risk for stroke and vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) compared to women throughout much of the lifespan.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2020-06-30

    GABAergic Inhibitory Interneuron Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease: Implications for Treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Frontiers in neuroscience

    Key finding: Furthermore, there is now evidence suggesting that neural network activity is aberrantly increased in AD patients and animal models due to functional deficits in and decreased activity of GABA inhibitory interneurons, contributing to cognitive deficits.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2020-06-30

    Family Caregiving at the End of Life and Hospice Use: A National Study of Medicare Beneficiaries

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    Key finding: Older adults at the end of life receive a high number of hours of help at the end of life, many from more than one caregiver, which may shape hospice access. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2020-06-30

    Slow Wave Sleep Is a Promising Intervention Target for Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Frontiers in neuroscience

    Key finding: Plaques and tangles are associated with sleep-wake cycle disruptions, including the disruptions in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) slow wave sleep (SWS). +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2020-06-30

    Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Assessment of Brain Iron Level in Alzheimer Disease Using 3-T MRI

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Radiology

    Key finding: Iron concentration in the deep gray matter and neocortical regions was higher in patients with Alzheimer disease than in healthy control participants. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2020-06-29

    Leaky memories: Impact of APOE4 on blood-brain barrier and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

    Key finding: A new study suggests that the leading genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4), is linked to blood-brain barrier breakdown and subsequent cognitive decline. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2020-06-29

    Gut Microbiota: Implications in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Journal of clinical medicine

    Key finding: In recent years, mounting evidence has shown that there is a bidirectional interaction between the gut and brain, known as the brain-gut axis, and that the intestinal microbiota are closely related to the occurrence and development of neurodegenerative diseases.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2020-06-29

    Defining a Centiloid scale threshold predicting long-term progression to dementia in patients attending the memory clinic: an [18F] flutemetamol amyloid PET study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

    Key finding: In the 98 participants with long follow-up, Centiloid = 26 provided the highest overall predictive value = 87% (NPV = 85%, PPV = 88%). +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2020-06-29

    Cellular senescence and Alzheimer disease: the egg and the chicken scenario

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Nature reviews. Neuroscience

    Key finding: As ageing is the main risk factor for dementia-related neurodegeneration, changes in the timing or nature of the cellular hallmarks of normal ageing might be key to understanding the events that convert normal ageing into neurodegeneration. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2020-06-29

    The substrate repertoire of γ-secretase/presenilin

    ✓ Peer-reviewed TREM2 and immune genetics Seminars in cell & developmental biology

    Key finding: However, in the 21 years since its discovery many more substrates and substrate candidates of γ-secretase were identified. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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