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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 12,476–12,500 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 500 of 1096.

September 2019 25

  1. 2019-09-14

    Applications of amyloid, tau, and neuroinflammation PET imaging to Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Human brain mapping

    Key finding: PET is a very promising methodology for differential diagnosis and novel targets of PET imaging might also serve as biomarkers for disease-modifying therapeutic interventions. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2019-09-13

    The endotoxin hypothesis of neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Journal of neuroinflammation

    Key finding: Peripheral diseases that elevate blood endotoxin, such as sepsis, AIDS and liver failure, also result in neurodegeneration.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2019-09-13

    Biomarker-based prognosis for people with mild cognitive impairment (ABIDE): a modelling study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment The Lancet. Neurology

    Key finding: The models could aid clinicians in the interpretation of CSF biomarker and hippocampal volume results in individuals with MCI, and help research and clinical settings to prepare for a future of precision medicine in Alzheimer's disease.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2019-09-13

    Microglia in Brain Development, Homeostasis, and Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Annual review of genetics

    Key finding: Advances in human genetics have implicated a growing number of genes in neurodegenerative diseases, providing insight into pathological processes. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2019-09-12

    Neurofilament light chain plasma concentration predicts neurodegeneration and clinical progression in nondemented elderly adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Aging

    Key finding: Previous studies demonstrated that plasma neurofilament light chain (NFL) played important predictive roles in disease progression and neurodegeneration in the preclinical phase of familial Alzheimer's disease (AD). +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2019-09-12

    Neuroinflammation as a Common Feature of Neurodegenerative Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology Frontiers in pharmacology

    Key finding: This is a characteristic of tau protein in Alzheimer's disease and several tauopathies associated with tau unfolding, α-synuclein in Parkinson's disease, and huntingtin in Huntington disease. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2019-09-12

    PSEN1ΔE9, APPswe, and APOE4 Confer Disparate Phenotypes in Human iPSC-Derived Microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Stem cell reports

    Key finding: We present a physiologically relevant high-yield protocol for producing iMGLs from induced pluripotent stem cells. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2019-09-11

    Perceptions of precision medicine among diverse dementia caregivers and professional providers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)

    Key finding: Participants indicated skepticism regarding the use of precision medicine in their communities. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2019-09-11

    Gender Differences in the Association Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

    Key finding: Moderate/severe hearing loss was significantly associated with lower composite z score in males (β = -28.67, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = -57.13 to -0.20) but not in females (β = -8.82, 95% CI = -36.61 to 18.96). +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2019-09-11

    Validation of Optical Coherence Tomography Retinal Segmentation in Neurodegenerative Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Translational vision science & technology

    Key finding: The outer plexiform layer line had one of the lowest mean error ratios (2%), while RNFL had the highest (23%). +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2019-09-11

    Extra-virgin olive oil for potential prevention of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Revue neurologique

    Key finding: Between 1935 and 1965, the Italian-American inhabitants of Roseto (Pennsylvania, USA) observed a traditional Italian diet and maintained half the mortality rates from myocardial infarction compared with neighboring cities. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2019-09-11

    Mediterranean diet: The role of long-chain ω-3 fatty acids in fish; polyphenols in fruits, vegetables, cereals, coffee, tea, cacao and wine; probiotics and vitamins in prevention of stroke, age-related cognitive decline, and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Revue neurologique

    Key finding: Polyphenols from fruits and vegetables modulate tau hyperphosphorylation and beta amyloid aggregation in animal models of Alzheimer disease. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2019-09-10

    Biomarker-guided clustering of Alzheimer's disease clinical syndromes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Neurobiology of Aging

    Key finding: We found 5 distinct clusters (sizes: N = 38, 16, 24, 14, and 21) whose composition was independent of phenotypical groups. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2019-09-10

    Novel Method for Rapid Assessment of Cognitive Impairment Using High-Performance Eye-Tracking Technology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Scientific reports

    Key finding: Accumulating evidence suggests that early diagnosis and timely intervention can delay cognitive decline. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2019-09-10

    New evidence on the management of Lewy body dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors The Lancet. Neurology

    Key finding: Treatments can address one symptom but worsen another, which makes disease management difficult. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2019-09-09

    Ageing as a risk factor for neurodegenerative disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Nature reviews. Neurology

    Key finding: Few or no effective treatments are available for ageing-related neurodegenerative diseases, which tend to progress in an irreversible manner and are associated with large socioeconomic and personal costs.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2019-09-09

    Cell-type-specific profiling of brain mitochondria reveals functional and molecular diversity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Nature neuroscience

    Key finding: We determined the mitochondrial proteome of the three major cerebellar cell types (Purkinje cells, granule cells and astrocytes) and identified hundreds of mitochondrial proteins that are differentially regulated. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2019-09-09

    Quantitative gait, cognitive decline, and incident dementia: The Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Long-term cohort studies Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: Poor gait has recently emerged as a potential prodromal feature of cognitive decline and dementia. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2019-09-08

    Synaptic actin stabilization protein loss in Down syndrome and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland)

    Key finding: Both spine morphology and the synaptic plasticity that supports learning depend upon the actin cytoskeleton, suggesting that disturbances in actin regulatory signaling might underlie spine defects in both disorders. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2019-09-06

    Atrial Fibrillation Genetics Update: Toward Clinical Implementation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine

    Key finding: AF is associated with increased risk of stroke, dementia, heart failure, and death.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2019-09-06

    Plasma lipocalin-2 levels in the preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

    Key finding: Plasma lipocalin-2 levels were higher in preclinical AD compared with control subjects and associated with cerebrospinal fluid amyloid-beta42 levels but not cerebrospinal fluid tau or phosphorylated-tau181 levels. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2019-09-06

    The Involvement of Peripheral and Brain Insulin Resistance in Late Onset Alzheimer's Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Frontiers in aging neuroscience

    Key finding: However, since amyloid-directed treatments have shown no relevant beneficial results other theories have been postulated to explain the origin of the pathology.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2019-09-06

    Sodium oligomannate therapeutically remodels gut microbiota and suppresses gut bacterial amino acids-shaped neuroinflammation to inhibit Alzheimer's disease progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Cell research

    Key finding: The brain-infiltrated peripheral Th1 immune cells are associated with the M1 microglia activation, contributing to AD-associated neuroinflammation. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2019-09-06

    Low-dose ladostigil for mild cognitive impairment: A phase 2 placebo-controlled clinical trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Neurology

    Key finding: Ladostigil was safe and well tolerated but did not delay progression to dementia. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2019-09-05

    Suboptimal hydration remodels metabolism, promotes degenerative diseases, and shortens life

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Long-term cohort studies JCI insight

    Key finding: Here, we report evidence from mouse and human studies that this goal can be achieved by maintaining optimal hydration throughout life. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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