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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 19,901–19,925 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 797 of 1096.

September 2011 25

  1. 2011-09-28

    From revolution to evolution: the glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia and its implication for treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

    Key finding: Reduced NMDAR activity on inhibitory neurons leads to disinhibition of glutamate neurons increasing synaptic activity of glutamate, especially in the prefrontal cortex. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2011-09-28

    Slower gait, slower information processing and smaller prefrontal area in older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Age and ageing

    Key finding: We conclude that smaller PFAv may contribute to slower gait through slower information processing. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2011-09-28

    Dysregulated phosphorylation of Ca(2+) /calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-α in the hippocampus of subjects with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Journal of neurochemistry

    Key finding: Studies in cell culture and rodents have shown that oligomers increase intracellular calcium (Ca(2+)), impairing synaptic plasticity. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2011-09-28

    TREM‐2, triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell‐2, negatively regulates TLR responses in dendritic cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed TREM2 and immune genetics European Journal of Immunology

    DCs play a key role in defense against infections and also in preventing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2011-09-27

    Visual symptoms in Parkinson's disease and Parkinson's disease dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society

    Key finding: Dementia subjects reported illusions (65%) and presence (62%) more frequently than PD or control subjects, but the frequency of passage hallucinations in PD and PD dementia groups was equivalent (48% versus 69%, respectively; P = 0.102). +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2011-09-26

    Aging and mental health in the decade ahead: what psychologists need to know

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care The American psychologist

    Key finding: To meet the needs of the aging population, psychologists need to increase awareness of competencies for geropsychology practice and knowledge regarding dementia diagnosis, screening, and services. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2011-09-25

    Cognitive and memory training in adults at risk of dementia: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment BMC geriatrics

    Key finding: Previous conclusions of a lack of efficacy for cognitive training in MCI may have been influenced by not clearly defining the intervention.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2011-09-23

    Progression of tau pathology in cholinergic Basal forebrain neurons in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment The American journal of pathology

    Key finding: Stereologic evaluation of NB tissue immunostained for pS422 and TauC3 revealed an increase in neurons expressing these tau epitopes during disease progression. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2011-09-23

    Long-term consequences: effects on normal development profile after concussion

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America

    Key finding: Alzheimer-like dementia, Parkinsonism, and motor neuron disease are also associated with repetitive brain trauma.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2011-09-22

    Gait assessment in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: the effect of dual-task challenges across the cognitive spectrum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Gait & posture

    Key finding: Gait velocity and stride time variability were not significantly different between the three groups under the single-task condition. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2011-09-22

    Dying well with dementia: qualitative examination of end-of-life care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

    Key finding: The quality of end-of-life care exists on a continuum across care settings.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2011-09-21

    Stages of granulovacuolar degeneration: their relation to Alzheimer's disease and chronic stress response

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Acta neuropathologica

    Key finding: Our results showed five stages of GVD based on its distribution pattern: GVD began in the hippocampal subfields CA1, CA2, and the subiculum. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2011-09-21

    Nurses will sign up to improve care in RCN dementia campaign

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Health systems and care delivery Nursing Standard

    Key finding: A five-point action plan designed to drive up the quality of hospital care for people with dementia is to be issued by the RCN this week.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2011-09-21

    A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Lewy body dementia Neuron

    Key finding: We have previously shown that a founder haplotype, covering the MOBKL2b, IFNK, and C9ORF72 genes, is present in the majority of cases linked to this region. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2011-09-21

    Expanded GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat in noncoding region of C9ORF72 causes chromosome 9p-linked FTD and ALS

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Lewy body dementia Neuron

    Key finding: Here, we report an expansion of a noncoding GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat in the gene C9ORF72 that is strongly associated with disease in a large FTD/ALS kindred, previously reported to be conclusively linked to chromosome 9p. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2011-09-20

    Functions of the APP gene family in the nervous system: insights from mouse models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Experimental brain research

    Key finding: During the past years, intense research efforts have been directed at elucidating the physiological function(s) of APP and the question of whether a perturbation of these functions contributes to AD pathogenesis. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2011-09-20

    Effects of n-3 fatty acids, EPA v. DHA, on depressive symptoms, quality of life, memory and executive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a 6-month randomised controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk The British journal of nutrition

    Key finding: Compared with the LA group, GDS scores improved in the EPA (P=0·04) and DHA (P=0·01) groups and verbal fluency (Initial Letter Fluency) in the DHA group (P=0·04). +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2011-09-17

    A multidisciplinary intervention program improved the outcome after hip fracture for people with dementia--subgroup analyses of a randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

    Key finding: This study demonstrates that patients with dementia who suffer a hip fracture can benefit from multidisciplinary geriatric assessment and rehabilitation and should not be excluded from rehabilitation programs.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2011-09-17

    Flavonoids, cognition, and dementia: actions, mechanisms, and potential therapeutic utility for Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Free radical biology & medicine

    Key finding: In addition, a growing number of flavonoids have been shown to inhibit the development of Alzheimer disease (AD)-like pathology and to reverse deficits in cognition in rodent models, suggestive of potential therapeutic utility in dementia. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2011-09-16

    BEaST: brain extraction based on nonlocal segmentation technique

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Long-term cohort studies NeuroImage

    Key finding: Robustness of BEaST is demonstrated on all baseline ADNI data, resulting in a very low failure rate. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2011-09-15

    Improving decision-making for feeding options in advanced dementia: a randomized, controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    Key finding: A decision aid about feeding options in advanced dementia reduced decisional conflict for surrogates and increased their knowledge and communication about feeding options with providers.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2011-09-15

    Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology

    Key finding: The total cost of disorders of the brain was estimated at €798 billion in 2010. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2011-09-15

    Axon diodes for the reconstruction of oriented neuronal networks in microfluidic chambers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Lab on a chip

    Key finding: The activation of striatal differentiation by cortical axons, and the synchronization of neural activity were demonstrated.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2011-09-14

    Addressing the ethical, policy, and social challenges of preclinical Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Neurology

    Key finding: Research suggests that Alzheimer disease (AD) pathophysiology begins prior to the clinical expression of the disease and that biomarker measures may provide direct evidence of this process. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2011-09-14

    Amygdala atrophy is prominent in early Alzheimer's disease and relates to symptom severity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Psychiatry research

    Key finding: In this study, we used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to compare the level of amygdala atrophy to that of the hippocampus in very mild and mild AD subjects in two large samples (Sample 1 n=90; Sample 2 n=174). +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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