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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 19,576–19,600 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 784 of 1096.

March 2012 25

  1. 2012-03-21

    A network diffusion model of disease progression in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis Neuron

    Key finding: Patterns of dementia are known to fall into dissociated but dispersed brain networks, suggesting that the disease is transmitted along neuronal pathways rather than by proximity. +1 more finding

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  2. 2012-03-20

    Functional consequences of repeated organophosphate exposure: potential non-cholinergic mechanisms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Pharmacology & therapeutics

    Key finding: However, there is now substantial evidence that this canonical (cholinesterase-based) mechanism cannot alone account for the wide-variety of adverse consequences of OP exposure that have been described, especially those associated with repeated exposures to levels that produce no overt signs of acute toxicity. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2012-03-20

    Genome-wide haplotype association study identifies the FRMD4A gene as a risk locus for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Molecular psychiatry

    Key finding: We reported that polymorphisms were associated with plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio (best signal, P=5.4 × 10(-7)). +1 more finding

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  4. 2012-03-16

    Hospital transfers of nursing home residents with advanced dementia

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

    Key finding: The majority of hospitalizations of NH residents with advanced dementia were due to infections and thus were potentially avoidable, because infections are often treatable in the NH. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2012-03-16

    TDP-43 and FUS RNA-binding proteins bind distinct sets of cytoplasmic messenger RNAs and differently regulate their post-transcriptional fate in motoneuron-like cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology The Journal of biological chemistry

    Key finding: TDP-43 and FUS localize mainly in the nucleus where they regulate pre-mRNA splicing, but they are also involved in mRNA transport, stability, and translation. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2012-03-15

    Resting-state fMRI as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Alzheimer's research & therapy

    Key finding: Previous work indicates that resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is sensitive to functional brain changes related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology across the clinical spectrum. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2012-03-15

    Air pollution, oxidative stress, and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Journal of environmental and public health

    Key finding: Given the significant prevalence of AP exposure combined with increased population aging, epidemiological evidence for this link is important to consider.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2012-03-14

    Cholinesterase inhibitors for dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson's disease dementia and cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

    Key finding: Previous Cochrane reviews have considered the use of cholinesterase inhibitors in both Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2012-03-13

    Reduced expression of glucocorticoid-inducible genes GILZ and SGK-1: high IL-6 levels are associated with reduced hippocampal volumes in major depressive disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans Translational psychiatry

    Key finding: Patients with MDD showed smaller hippocampal volumes and increased inflammatory proteins IL-6 and CRP compared with HC. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2012-03-13

    A G-rich element forms a G-quadruplex and regulates BACE1 mRNA alternative splicing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Journal of neurochemistry

    Key finding: BACE1 pre-mRNA undergoes complex alternative splicing, the regulation of which is not well understood. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2012-03-13

    Modifiable factors that alter the size of the hippocampus with ageing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk Nature reviews. Neurology

    Key finding: An emerging concept--the dynamic polygon hypothesis--suggests that treatment of modifiable risk factors can increase the volume or prevent atrophy of the hippocampus.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2012-03-12

    A multimodal RAGE-specific inhibitor reduces amyloid β-mediated brain disorder in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system The Journal of clinical investigation

    Key finding: Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) mediates Aβ-induced perturbations in cerebral vessels, neurons, and microglia in AD. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2012-03-12

    Inverse association between cancer and Alzheimer's disease: results from the Framingham Heart Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed How common it is BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

    Key finding: Cancer survivors had a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease than those without cancer, and patients with Alzheimer's disease had a lower risk of incident cancer. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2012-03-12

    Psychosocial care for family caregivers of patients with cancer

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

    Key finding: Recommendations for practice include development of standardized guidelines that address caregiver assessment, education, and resources; identification of "caregiver champions" in practice settings; provision of referrals to established support organizations for caregivers (eg, Cancer Support Community, Cancer Care); and collaboration among caregiving, professional, and cancer-related organizations to advocate policy and practice changes for family caregivers.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2012-03-09

    Metformin attenuates Alzheimer's disease-like neuropathology in obese, leptin-resistant mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior

    Key finding: Our results suggest that the db/db mice have multiple AD-like brain changes including impaired cognitive functions, increased phospho-tau and Aβ as well as decreased synaptic proteins.

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  16. 2012-03-09

    How does the brain deal with cumulative stress? A review with focus on developmental stress, HPA axis function and hippocampal structure in humans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans Neurobiology of disease

    Key finding: There is evidence that prenatal stress and childhood maltreatment is associated with an abnormally developing HPA system, as well as hippocampal volume reduction. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2012-03-09

    ACTIVE cognitive training and rates of incident dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS

    Key finding: We examined whether cognitive training was associated with reduced rate of incident dementia. +1 more finding

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  18. 2012-03-09

    Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities The Lancet. Neurology

    Key finding: In patients with sporadic ALS, we identified the repeat expansion in 236 (7·0%) of 3377 white individuals from the USA, Europe, and Australia, two (4·1%) of 49 black individuals from the USA, and six (8·3%) of 72 Hispanic individuals from the USA.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2012-03-09

    Small-animal PET imaging of amyloid-beta plaques with [11C]PiB and its multi-modal validation in an APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging PloS one

    Key finding: We performed multi-modal cross-validations for the PET results with ex vivo and in vitro methodologies, including regional brain biodistribution, multi-label digital autoradiography, protein quantification with ELISA, fluorescence microscopy, semi-automated histological quantification and radioligand binding assays. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2012-03-09

    Association between self-reported dental health status and onset of dementia: a 4-year prospective cohort study of older Japanese adults from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES) Project

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk Psychosomatic medicine

    Key finding: Few teeth without dentures and absence of a regular dentist, not poor mastication and poor attitudes toward dental health, were associated with higher risk of dementia onset in the older Japanese cohort even after adjustment for available covariates. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2012-03-08

    Long-term declarative memory deficits in diffuse TBI: correlations with cortical thickness, white matter integrity and hippocampal volume

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior

    Key finding: TBI patients performed significantly worse than controls on all RAVLT measures. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2012-03-08

    Prevalence of sleep disturbances in mild cognitive impairment and dementing disorders: a multicenter Italian clinical cross-sectional study on 431 patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

    Key finding: A careful clinical evaluation of sleep disorders should be performed routinely in the clinical setting of persons with cognitive decline.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2012-03-08

    Grief reactions in dementia carers: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving International journal of geriatric psychiatry

    Key finding: Grief in dementia carers can be expected; however, those at risk of distressing anticipatory and complicated grief may be identified and targeted for intervention when necessary.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2012-03-06

    Diagnostic accuracy of the MMSE in detecting probable and possible Alzheimer's disease in ethnically diverse highly educated individuals: an analysis of the NACC database

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Long-term cohort studies The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

    Key finding: Arch Neurol. 2008;65(7):963-967.) for the Mini-Mental State Examination in detecting cognitive dysfunction in a bilingual sample of highly educated ethnically diverse individuals. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2012-03-06

    Rutin prevents cognitive impairments by ameliorating oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in rat model of sporadic dementia of Alzheimer type

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Neuroscience

    Key finding: Recent evidence indicates that rutin exhibits antioxidant potential and protects the brain against various oxidative stressors. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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