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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 15,676–15,700 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 628 of 1096.

November 2016 1

  1. 2016-11-01

    Chronic low-dose-rate ionising radiation affects the hippocampal phosphoproteome in the ApoE-/- Alzheimer's mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Oncotarget

    Key finding: Accruing data indicate that radiation-induced consequences resemble pathologies of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer´s. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

October 2016 24

  1. 2016-10-31

    Impact of intermittent fasting on health and disease processes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Ageing research reviews

    Key finding: Overconsumption of food with such eating patterns often leads to metabolic morbidities (insulin resistance, excessive accumulation of visceral fat, etc.), particularly when associated with a sedentary lifestyle. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2016-10-29

    Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

    Key finding: Level C recommendation (possible efficacy) is proposed for anodal tDCS of the left M1 (or contralateral to pain side, with right orbitofrontal cathode) in chronic lower limb neuropathic pain secondary to spinal cord lesion. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2016-10-28

    Microglial neuroinflammation contributes to tau accumulation in chronic traumatic encephalopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Acta neuropathologica communications

    Key finding: Here we set out to determine the relationship between RHI exposure, neuroinflammation, and the development of hyperphosphorylated tau (ptau) pathology and dementia risk in CTE. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2016-10-28

    Functional vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia: mechanisms and consequences of cerebral autoregulatory dysfunction, endothelial impairment, and neurovascular uncoupling in aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology

    Key finding: Understanding and targeting the age-related pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) are expected to have a major role in preserving brain health in older individuals. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2016-10-28

    Concomitant AD pathology affects clinical manifestation and survival in dementia with Lewy bodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry

    Key finding: We selected 111 patients with probable DLB and CSF available from the Amsterdam Dementia Cohort. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2016-10-27

    Amyloid beta modulators and neuroprotection in Alzheimer's disease: a critical appraisal

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Drug discovery today

    Key finding: The Aβ formed as a result of abnormal APP processing induces phosphorylated tau and activates glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK3β) and cyclin-dependent kinase-5 (CDK5).

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2016-10-27

    A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial for cilostazol in patients with mild cognitive impairment: The COMCID study protocol

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

    Key finding: The COMCID trial will identify the therapeutic potential of cilostazol. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2016-10-27

    Recommendations for CSF AD biomarkers in the diagnostic evaluation of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Tau biomarkers Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: The recommendations were developed by a multidisciplinary working group based on the available evidence and consensus from focused discussions for (i) identification of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as the cause of dementia, (ii) prediction of rate of decline, (iii) cost-effectiveness, and (iv) interpretation of results. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2016-10-27

    Short-term association between environmental factors and hospital admissions due to dementia in Madrid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Environmental research

    Key finding: During the study period, there were 1175 DDE hospital admissions.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2016-10-27

    Glucagon-like Peptide-1 and the Central/Peripheral Nervous System: Crosstalk in Diabetes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM

    Key finding: GLP-1 is also important in the regulation of neurologic and cognitive functions. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2016-10-27

    [18 F]AV-1451 tau positron emission tomography in progressive supranuclear palsy

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

    Key finding: Progressive supranuclear palsy is associated with an elevated [ 18 F]AV-1451 signal in a characteristic and distinct regional pattern that correlates with disease severity and differs from the patterns observed in Alzheimer's dementia. © 2016 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2016-10-27

    Recommendations for cerebrospinal fluid Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in the diagnostic evaluation of mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: The recommendations were developed by a multidisciplinary working group and based on the available evidence and consensus from focused group discussions for 1) prediction of clinical progression to Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia, 2) cost-effectiveness, 3) interpretation of results, and 4) patient counseling. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2016-10-26

    Ginkgolic Acid Protects against Aβ-Induced Synaptic Dysfunction in the Hippocampus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Frontiers in pharmacology

    Key finding: Data obtained indicate that GA exerts neuroprotective effects against Aβ-induced impairment of neurotransmitter release and synaptic plasticity.

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  14. 2016-10-26

    Patterns of health service use in community living older adults with dementia and comorbid conditions: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools BMC geriatrics

    Key finding: Comorbidities in community-living older adults with dementia are common and account for a substantial proportion of health service use and costs in this population. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2016-10-26

    Family caregivers' conceptualisation of quality end-of-life care for people with dementia: A qualitative study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Palliative medicine

    Key finding: End-of-life care for people with dementia does not differ from care throughout the dementia trajectory. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2016-10-26

    Polyubiquitinylation Profile in Down Syndrome Brain Before and After the Development of Alzheimer Neuropathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Antioxidants & redox signaling

    Key finding: Disturbance of the polyubiquitinylation machinery may be a key feature of aging and neurodegeneration. +3 more findings

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  17. 2016-10-25

    Development of a caregiver-reported measure to support systematic assessment of people with dementia in long-term care: The Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale for Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Palliative medicine

    Key finding: Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale for Dementia is a comprehensive and acceptable caregiver-reported measure to detect symptoms and problems in dementia.

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  18. 2016-10-25

    Decision-making on behalf of people living with dementia: how do surrogate decision-makers decide?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Journal of medical ethics

    Key finding: Surrogate decision-making on behalf of a person living with dementia is often a difficult process. +1 more finding

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  19. 2016-10-25

    Nuclear but not mitochondrial-encoded oxidative phosphorylation genes are altered in aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: Our findings suggest that restoration of the expression of nuclear-encoded OXPHOS genes in aging could be a viable strategy for blunting AD progression. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2016-10-25

    Clinicopathological features of adult-onset neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis Brain : a journal of neurology

    Key finding: Our study suggested that the prevalence rate of adult-onset NIID may be higher than previously thought, and that NIID may be underdiagnosed.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2016-10-24

    REAC technology modifies pathological neuroinflammation and motor behaviour in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Scientific reports

    Key finding: Here, it is demonstrated that the Radio Electric Asymmetric Conveyer (REAC), an innovative technology platform for neuro- and bio-modulation, used according to the neuro-regenerative protocol (RGN-N), significantly increases astroglial reaction around the amyloid plaques in an AD mouse model, as evaluated by GFAP-immunoreactivity, and reduces microglia-associated neuroinflammation markers, as evaluated by Iba1-immunoreactivity and mRNA expression level of inflammatory cytokines TREM. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2016-10-21

    Cognitive Function in Low-Income and Low-Literacy Settings: Validation of the Tablet-Based Oxford Cognitive Screen in the Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

    Key finding: The OCS-Plus represents a major methodological advance in dementia studies in LMICs, and enhances understanding of cognitive aging.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2016-10-21

    Reliability and Validity of the Resistiveness to Care Scale Among Cognitively Impaired Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

    Key finding: The findings support the reliability and validity of the Resistiveness to Care Scale for use with older adults with dementia in nursing home settings. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2016-10-21

    Gait disorders in adults and the elderly : A clinical guide

    ✓ Peer-reviewed How common it is Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

    Key finding: Gait disorders lead to a loss of personal freedom, falls and injuries and result in a marked reduction in the quality of life. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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