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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 16,676–16,700 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 668 of 1096.

September 2015 25

  1. 2015-09-14

    Convergent Genetic and Expression Datasets Highlight TREM2 in Parkinson's Disease Susceptibility

    ✓ Peer-reviewed TREM2 and immune genetics Molecular neurobiology

    Key finding: A recent study indicated no evidence of the involvement of this variant in Parkinson's disease (PD). +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2015-09-11

    Individually modifiable risk factors to ameliorate cognitive aging: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society

    Key finding: A number of health and lifestyle factors are thought to contribute to cognitive decline associated with age but cannot be easily modified by the individual patient. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2015-09-11

    Longitudinal study of normal cognition in Parkinson disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Neurology

    Key finding: The cumulative incidence of cognitive impairment was 8.5% at year 1, increasing to 47.4% by year 6. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2015-09-11

    A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of resveratrol for Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Neurology

    Key finding: Resveratrol was safe and well-tolerated. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2015-09-10

    What Are Physicians' Reasons for Not Referring People with Life-Limiting Illnesses to Specialist Palliative Care Services? A Nationwide Survey

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care PloS one

    Key finding: Specialist palliative care is not initiated in almost half of the people for whom it could be beneficial, most frequently because physicians deem regular caregivers to be sufficiently skilled in addressing palliative care needs.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2015-09-09

    The pattern of amyloid accumulation in the brains of adults with Down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: PIB binding in DS, first appearing in striatum, began around age 40 and was strongly associated with dementia and cognitive decline. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2015-09-09

    Serum amyloid-beta levels are increased in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Scientific reports

    Key finding: A critical link between amyloid-beta (Aβ) and hypoxia has been demonstrated in in vitro and animal studies but has not yet been proven in humans. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2015-09-09

    A neuroradiologist's guide to arterial spin labeling MRI in clinical practice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Neuroradiology

    Key finding: In the workup of dementia patients, ASL is proposed as a diagnostic alternative to PET. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2015-09-09

    Development of a model for integrated care at the end of life in advanced dementia: A whole systems UK-wide approach

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

    Key finding: Use of in-depth data, consensus methods and theoretical understanding of the intervention components produced an evidence-based intervention for further testing in end-of-life care in advanced dementia.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2015-09-09

    Trajectories of decline in cognition and daily functioning in preclinical dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: Although preclinical dementia is characterized by decline in cognition and daily functioning, little is known on their temporal sequence. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2015-09-09

    The effects of light therapy on sleep problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Sleep medicine reviews

    Key finding: Although bright light therapy seems a promising treatment for sleep problems, research shows inconclusive results. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2015-09-09

    Detailed comparison of amyloid PET and CSF biomarkers for identifying early Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Neurology

    Key finding: The best CSF measures for identifying MCI-AD were Aβ42/total tau (t-tau) and Aβ42/hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) (area under the curve [AUC] 0.93-0.94). +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2015-09-08

    Western diet is associated with a smaller hippocampus: a longitudinal investigation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans BMC medicine

    Key finding: Lower intakes of nutrient-dense foods and higher intakes of unhealthy foods are each independently associated with smaller left hippocampal volume. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2015-09-08

    Tauopathies as clinicopathological entities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Parkinsonism & related disorders

    Key finding: Further, staging efforts in human autopsy cases suggest a sequential distribution of tau aggregation in the central nervous system that could reflect this observed cell-to-cell transmission of pathogenic tau species in animal models. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2015-09-07

    Redox- and non-redox-metal-induced formation of free radicals and their role in human disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Archives of toxicology

    Key finding: The depletion of zinc may enhance DNA damage by impairing DNA repair mechanisms. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2015-09-07

    Measuring sleep quality in older adults: a comparison using subjective and objective methods

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving Frontiers in aging neuroscience

    Key finding: Given the aging population-and the impending economic burden associated with increasing numbers of dementia patients-there is pressing need to improve sleep quality among older adults. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2015-09-07

    Relationship between the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Mini-mental State Examination for assessment of mild cognitive impairment in older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis BMC geriatrics

    Key finding: MoCA and MMSE were more similar for dementia cases, but MoCA distributes MCI cases across a broader score range with less ceiling effect. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2015-09-04

    TREM2 in CNS homeostasis and neurodegenerative disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed TREM2 and immune genetics Molecular neurodegeneration

    Key finding: The innate immune receptor and its adaptor protein—triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) and DNAX-activating protein of 12 kDa (DAP12)—possess the ability to modulate critical cellular functions via crosstalk with diverse signaling pathways. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2015-09-03

    A novel multi-tissue RNA diagnostic of healthy ageing relates to cognitive health status

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Genome biology

    Key finding: One hundred and fifty probe-sets form an accurate classifier of young versus older muscle tissue and this healthy ageing RNA classifier performed consistently in independent cohorts of human muscle, skin and brain tissue (n = 594, AUC = 0.83-0.96) and thus represents a biomarker for biological age. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2015-09-03

    Autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease caused by SNCA duplications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Parkinsonism & related disorders

    Key finding: We found that over half of the reported cases with SNCA duplication had early-onset parkinsonism and non-motor features, such as dysautonomia, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD), hallucinations (usually visual) and cognitive deficits leading to dementia.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2015-09-03

    Monomeric C-reactive protein--a key molecule driving development of Alzheimer's disease associated with brain ischaemia?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Scientific reports

    Key finding: IHC study of human AD/stroke patients revealed co-localization of mCRP with Aβ plaques, tau-like fibrils and IRS-1/P-Tau positive neurons and high mCRP-levels spreading from infarcted core regions matched reduced expression of Aβ/Tau. mCRP may be responsible for promoting dementia after ischaemia and mCRP clearance could inform therapeutic avenues to reduce the risk of future dementia.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2015-09-03

    Prudent diet may attenuate the adverse effects of Western diet on cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: The influence of mixed dietary patterns on cognitive changes is unknown. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2015-09-03

    Social robots in advanced dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Frontiers in aging neuroscience

    Key finding: Pilot studies applying a humanoid robot (NAO), a pet robot (PARO) and a real animal (DOG) in therapy sessions of patients with dementia in a nursing home and a day care center. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2015-09-03

    A Semiautomated Method for Quantification of F 18 Florbetapir PET Images

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine

    Key finding: PET amyloid imaging is increasingly used in research trials related to Alzheimer disease and has potential as a quantitative biomarker.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2015-09-03

    Current Developments in Dementia Risk Prediction Modelling: An Updated Systematic Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk PloS one

    Key finding: In total, 1,234 articles were identified from the search; 21 articles met inclusion criteria. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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