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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 15,101–15,125 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 605 of 1096.

May 2017 20

  1. 2017-05-02

    Sedentary behavior as a risk factor for cognitive decline? A focus on the influence of glycemic control in brain health

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

    Key finding: Sedentary behavior has been linked to poor glycemic control and increased risk of all-cause mortality. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2017-05 month only

    Lewy Body Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology Neurologic clinics

    Key finding: Dementia syndromes associated with Lewy bodies are subdivided into dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), an underdiagnosed cause of dementia in the elderly, and Parkinson disease with dementia (PDD), cognitive impairment appearing in people diagnosed with Parkinson disease.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2017-05-01

    Retinal Oximetry Discovers Novel Biomarkers in Retinal and Brain Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

    Key finding: In diabetic retinopathy, venous oxygen saturation increases and arteriovenous difference decreases. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2017-05-01

    Tau Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology

    Key finding: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of dementia among the elderly population. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2017-05-01

    Complement C3 deficiency protects against neurodegeneration in aged plaque-rich APP/PS1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Science translational medicine

    Key finding: We found that 16-month-old APP/PS1; C3 KO mice performed better on a learning and memory task than did APP/PS1 mice, despite having more cerebral Aβ plaques. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2017-05-01

    Silent hippocampal seizures and spikes identified by foramen ovale electrodes in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Nature medicine

    Key finding: We directly assessed mesial temporal activity using intracranial foramen ovale electrodes in two patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) without a history or EEG evidence of seizures. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2017-05-01

    Insulin resistance and exendin-4 treatment for multiple system atrophy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development Brain : a journal of neurology

    Key finding: We here tested the hypothesis that multiple system atrophy is associated with brain insulin resistance and showed increased expression of the key downstream messenger insulin receptor substrate-1 phosphorylated at serine residue 312 in neurons and oligodendrocytes in the putamen of patients with multiple system atrophy. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2017-05-01

    Combined effects of scanning ultrasound and a tau-specific single chain antibody in a tau transgenic mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development Brain : a journal of neurology

    Key finding: When administration of RN2N was combined with focused ultrasound in a scanning mode (scanning ultrasound), RN2N delivery into the brain and uptake by neurons were markedly increased, and efficacy was significantly enhanced.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2017-05-01

    Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Neurofilament Light Chain Levels in Definite Subtypes of Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers JAMA neurology

    Key finding: This study confirms the role of NFL as a biomarker in ALS. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2017-05-01

    Binding Sites for Amyloid-β Oligomers and Synaptic Toxicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine

    Key finding: However, soluble Aβ oligomers are most potent in creating synaptic dysfunction and loss. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2017-05-01

    Emergentology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Emergency Medicine News

    Key finding: If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes one to care for our ill as well. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2017-05-01

    Early-Onset Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology Neurologic clinics

    Key finding: EOAD comprises approximately 5% of AD and is associated with delays in diagnosis, aggressive course, and age-related psychosocial needs. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2017-05-01

    An intranasally delivered peptide drug ameliorates cognitive decline in Alzheimer transgenic mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development EMBO molecular medicine

    Key finding: Imbalance between the production and clearance of amyloid β (Aβ) peptides is considered to be the primary mechanism of AD pathogenesis. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2017-05-01

    Subjective Cognitive Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Annual review of clinical psychology

    Key finding: Yet methodological challenges associated with establishing common assessment and classification procedures hamper the construct. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2017-05-01

    Association of Antioxidant Supplement Use and Dementia in the Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease by Vitamin E and Selenium Trial (PREADViSE)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities JAMA neurology

    Key finding: In both phases, men were encouraged to visit their physician if the screen results indicated possible cognitive impairment. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2017-05-01

    Sugar- and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and the Risks of Incident Stroke and Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk Stroke

    Key finding: Artificially sweetened soft drink consumption was associated with a higher risk of stroke and dementia. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2017-05-01

    Hearing Impairment and Incident Dementia and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: The Health ABC Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

    Key finding: HI is associated with increased risk of developing dementia in older adults. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2017-05-01

    Management of Depression in Older Adults: A Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk JAMA

    Key finding: Major depression in older adults is common and can be effectively treated with antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2017-05-01

    Obesity Accelerates Alzheimer-Related Pathology in APOE4 but not APOE3 Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics eNeuro

    Key finding: We observed that metabolic outcomes of DIO were similar in E3FAD and E4FAD mice. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2017-05-01

    Association of Plasma Neurofilament Light With Neurodegeneration in Patients With Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers JAMA neurology

    Key finding: Among 193 cognitively healthy controls, 197 patients with mild cognitive impairment, and 180 patients with AD with dementia, plasma NFL correlated with CSF NFL (Spearman ρ = 0.59, P Conclusions and relevance Plasma NFL is associated with AD diagnosis and with cognitive, biochemical, and imaging hallmarks of the disease. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

April 2017 5

  1. 2017-04-29

    Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease: Aβ, Tau, and Epigenetic Alterations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Molecular neurobiology

    Key finding: Evidence suggests that Aβ and Tau oligomers contribute to synaptic loss in AD.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2017-04-29

    Activation of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Promotes Neuroprotection in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Reducing Neuroinflammatory Responses

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development Molecular neurobiology

    Key finding: Here, we studied whether multiple sclerosis (MS) could be a complement to the CNS disorders that are associated with the GLP-1/GLP-1R signaling axis. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2017-04-28

    Palliative care for people with dementia in the terminal phase: a mixed-methods qualitative study to inform service development

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care BMC palliative care

    Key finding: A mobile team that specializes in palliative care in dementia and supports professional and family caregivers is a promising model. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2017-04-27

    Implementing monitoring technologies in care homes for people with dementia: A qualitative exploration using Normalization Process Theory

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools International journal of nursing studies

    Key finding: Ageing societies and a rising prevalence of dementia are associated with increasing demand for care home places. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2017-04-26

    Age-related white matter integrity differences in oldest-old without dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Neurobiology of aging

    Key finding: Aging is known to have deleterious effects on cerebral white matter, yet little is known about these white matter alterations in advanced age. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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