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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 21,626–21,650 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 866 of 1096.

February 2009 25

  1. 2009-02-06

    Reducing between scanner differences in multi-center PET studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools NeuroImage

    Key finding: Two correction steps were developed by comparison of 3-D Hoffman brain phantom scans with the 'gold standard' digital 3-D Hoffman brain phantom: i) high frequency correction; where a smoothing kernel for each scanner model was estimated to smooth all images to a common resolution and ii) low frequency correction; where smooth affine correction factors were obtained to reduce the attenuation and scatter correction errors. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2009-02-05

    Keeping In Touch Everyday (KITE) project: developing assistive technologies with people with dementia and their carers to promote independence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety International psychogeriatrics

    Key finding: Prototypes for two devices (armband and electronic notepad) were developed. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2009-02-05

    Regionally-specific diffusion tensor imaging in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment NeuroImage

    Key finding: The fornix is a predominant outflow tract of the hippocampus and may be an important indicator of AD progression. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2009-02-05

    Differential gene expression in ADAM10 and mutant ADAM10 transgenic mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's BMC genomics

    Key finding: In general, there was only a moderate alteration of gene expression in ADAM10 overexpressing mice. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2009-02-05

    Clinicopathological characterization of Pick's disease versus frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin/TDP-43-positive inclusions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Acta neuropathologica

    Key finding: The total frequency of asymmetric motor disturbances (e.g., parkinsonism, pyramidal signs, and contracture) during the course was significantly more frequent in FTLD-TDP (78%) than in Pick's disease cases (14%). +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2009-02-04

    Dying from cancer or other chronic diseases in the Netherlands: ten-year trends derived from death certificate data

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

    Key finding: Further investments to facilitate dying at home are desirable. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2009-02-04

    Mild cognitive impairment and everyday function: an investigation of driving performance

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology

    Key finding: Participants with MCI demonstrated significantly lower performance than controls on ratings of global and discrete driving maneuvers, but these differences were not at the level of frank impairments. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2009-02-03

    Racial/ethnic disparities in medication use among veterans with hypertension and dementia: a national cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities The Annals of pharmacotherapy

    Key finding: Adherence rates for a number of antihypertensive and dementia drugs are lower for minorities compared with whites. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2009-02-03

    Genetic association study on in and around the APOE in late-onset Alzheimer disease in Japanese

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Genomics

    Key finding: A case-control study demonstrated that 36 of these SNPs exhibited significance after adjustment for multiple testing. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2009-02-02

    Protection of synapses against Alzheimer's-linked toxins: insulin signaling prevents the pathogenic binding of Abeta oligomers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    Key finding: Most significantly, this loss of surface IRs, and ADDL-induced oxidative stress and synaptic spine deterioration, could be completely prevented by insulin. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2009-02 month only

    Different cholinesterase inhibitor effects on CSF cholinesterases in Alzheimer patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Current Alzheimer research

    Key finding: AD patients aged 50-85 years were randomized to open-label treatment with oral rivastigmine, donepezil or galantamine for 13 weeks. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2009-02-01

    Cellular prion protein mediates impairment of synaptic plasticity by amyloid-beta oligomers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Nature

    Key finding: Here we identify the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) as an amyloid-beta-oligomer receptor by expression cloning. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2009-02-01

    Cross validation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in community dwelling older adults residing in the Southeastern US

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors International journal of geriatric psychiatry

    Key finding: The MoCA appears to have utility as a cognitive screen for early detection of AD and for MCI and warrants further investigation regarding its applicability in primary care settings, varying ethnic groups, and younger at-risk individuals.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2009-02-01

    Mitochondrial dysfunction and glaucoma

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Journal of glaucoma

    Key finding: Open angle glaucoma prevalence and incidence increase exponentially with increasing age, yet the pathophysiology underlying increasing age as a risk factor for glaucoma is not well understood. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2009-02-01

    Cortical hubs revealed by intrinsic functional connectivity: mapping, assessment of stability, and relation to Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

    Key finding: Recent evidence suggests that some brain areas act as hubs interconnecting distinct, functionally specialized systems. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2009-02-01

    APP binds DR6 to trigger axon pruning and neuron death via distinct caspases

    ⚠ Retracted — do not rely on it Risk genes beyond APOE Nature

    Key finding: Our results indicate that APP and DR6 are components of a neuronal self-destruction pathway, and suggest that an extracellular fragment of APP, acting via DR6 and caspase 6, contributes to Alzheimer's disease.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2009-02-01

    Decreased cerebrospinal fluid Abeta(42) correlates with brain atrophy in cognitively normal elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Annals of neurology

    Key finding: Reduction in CSF Abeta(42), likely reflecting Abeta aggregation in the brain, is associated with brain atrophy in the preclinical phase of AD. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2009-02-01

    Prolactin prevents chronic stress-induced decrease of adult hippocampal neurogenesis and promotes neuronal fate

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

    Key finding: Chronic exposure to stress results in a reduction of hippocampal neurogenesis and of hippocampal volume. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2009-02-01

    Challenges for professional care of advanced dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care International journal of nursing practice

    Key finding: Responses emphasized the need for improved knowledge and skills, and clearer policy. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2009-02-01

    Delirium and long-term cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)

    Key finding: In addition to these well-established adverse consequences, there is increasing evidence linking delirium and a higher risk of long-term cognitive impairment (LTCI), including dementia. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2009-02-01

    Rapidly progressive neurodegenerative dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Archives of neurology

    Key finding: Based on this cohort, although CJD is the most likely cause of a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative dementia, frontotemporal lobar degeneration with motor neuron degeneration, diffuse Lewy body disease, tauopathies, and Alzheimer disease can also cause a rapidly progressive dementia.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2009-02-01

    Synchronous hyperactivity and intercellular calcium waves in astrocytes in Alzheimer mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Science (New York, N.Y.)

    Key finding: Using multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy in vivo, we quantitatively imaged astrocytic calcium homeostasis in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2009-02-01

    Patterns of chronic multimorbidity in the elderly population

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    Key finding: In persons with multimorbidity, there exists co-occurrence of diseases beyond chance, which clinicians need to take into account in their daily practice. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2009-02-01

    Relationship between baseline glycemic control and cognitive function in individuals with type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors: the action to control cardiovascular risk in diabetes-memory in diabetes (ACCORD-MIND) trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Diabetes care

    Key finding: A statistically significant age-adjusted association was observed between the A1C level and the score on all four cognitive tests. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2009-02-01

    Alpha-synuclein is part of a diverse and highly conserved interaction network that includes PARK9 and manganese toxicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Nature genetics

    Key finding: Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy, collectively referred to as synucleinopathies, are associated with a diverse group of genetic and environmental susceptibilities.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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