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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 22,651–22,675 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 907 of 1096.

April 2007 24

  1. 2007-04-01

    The 'natural' endpoint of dementia: death from cachexia or dehydration following palliative care?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care International journal of geriatric psychiatry

    Key finding: Patients who survive to the final phase of dementia are more likely to die from cachexia or dehydration than those who die before.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2007-04-01

    Assessment of quality of life as outcome in dementia and MCI intervention trials: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Alzheimer disease and associated disorders

    Key finding: We found 117 pharmacologic and 108 nonpharmacologic RCTs.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2007-04-01

    Would we rather lose our life than lose our self? Lessons from the Dutch debate on euthanasia for patients with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care The American journal of bioethics : AJOB

    Key finding: It is concluded that, in addition to a moral discussion on the limits of anticipatory choices, there is an urgent need to develop research into the patient's perspective with regard to medical treatment and care-giving in dementia, including end-of-life care.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2007-04-01

    Using video images of dementia in advance care planning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Archives of internal medicine

    Key finding: Watching the video significantly changed preferences for care, transcending apparent differences in preferences associated with race/ethnicity and educational level. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2007-04-01

    A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of donepezil hydrochloride (Aricept) for reducing the incidence of postoperative delirium after elective total hip replacement

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety International journal of geriatric psychiatry

    Key finding: The experimental paradigm was feasible and acceptable. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2007-04-01

    Role of the blood-brain barrier in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology Current Alzheimer research

    Key finding: The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is critical for brain Abeta homeostasis and regulates Abeta transport via two main receptors, the low density lipoprotein receptor related protein 1 (LRP1) and the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE). +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2007-04-01

    Relation of obesity to cognitive function: importance of central obesity and synergistic influence of concomitant hypertension. The Framingham Heart Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Long-term cohort studies Current Alzheimer research

    Key finding: Obesity has been related to the incidence of dementia but its impact on cognitive performance in persons without dementia is less clear. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2007-04-01

    Cerebrospinal fluid tau protein is increased in neurosyphilis: a discrimination from syphilis without nervous system involvement?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Tau biomarkers Sexually transmitted diseases

    Key finding: The objective of this study was to investigate the levels of tau protein in neurosyphilis. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2007-04-01

    TREM2-transduced myeloid precursors mediate nervous tissue debris clearance and facilitate recovery in an animal model of multiple sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed TREM2 and immune genetics PLoS medicine

    Key finding: In multiple sclerosis, inflammation can successfully be prevented, while promoting repair is still a major challenge. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2007-04-01

    Dietary docosahexaenoic acid and docosapentaenoic acid ameliorate amyloid-beta and tau pathology via a mechanism involving presenilin 1 levels

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

    Key finding: One environmental factor that is increasingly being recognized as contributing to brain aging is diet, which has evolved markedly over modern history. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2007-04-01

    Efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation in patients with mild cognitive impairment treated with cholinesterase inhibitors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment International journal of geriatric psychiatry

    Key finding: A long-term TNP in ChEIs-treated MCI subjects induces additional cognitive and mood benefits. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2007-04-01

    Accumulation of pathological tau species and memory loss in a conditional model of tauopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Lewy body dementia The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

    Key finding: Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies, but recent studies in a conditional mouse model of tauopathy (rTg4510) have suggested that NFT formation can be dissociated from memory loss and neurodegeneration. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2007-04-01

    Neuropsychiatric and behavioral aspects of trisomy 21

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Current psychiatry reports

    Key finding: The well-known cheerful and friendly demeanor often creates a personality stereotype, with parents and observers commenting on the positive attributes. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2007-04-01

    Body mass index in midlife and risk of Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed How common it is Current Alzheimer research

    Key finding: Prior work has suggested that obesity and overweight as measured by body mass index (BMI) increases risk of dementia. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2007-04-01

    The association between genetic variants in SORL1 and Alzheimer disease in an urban, multiethnic, community-based cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities Archives of neurology

    Key finding: This study confirms the association between genetic variants in SORL1 and AD. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2007-04-01

    Brain structural alterations before mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Neurology

    Key finding: Structural brain changes in anatomic areas involved in higher cognitive processes precede clinical signs and symptoms in longitudinally followed normal subjects destined to develop mild cognitive impairment.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2007-04-01

    Sensitivity and specificity of dopamine transporter imaging with 123I-FP-CIT SPECT in dementia with Lewy bodies: a phase III, multicentre study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis The Lancet. Neurology

    Key finding: A mean value of 85.7% was achieved for overall diagnostic accuracy, 82.4% for positive predictive value, and 87.5% for negative predictive value. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2007-04-01

    Effect of galantamine on verbal repetition in AD: a secondary analysis of the VISTA trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Neurology

    Key finding: Reduction of verbal repetition was set as a treatment goal in 44% (n = 57) of randomized patients. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2007-04-01

    A 24-week randomized, controlled trial of memantine in patients with moderate-to-severe Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Alzheimer disease and associated disorders

    Key finding: Prospectively defined analyses failed to demonstrate a statistically significant benefit of memantine treatment compared with placebo on the Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) at week 24 end point, although a significant advantage was observed for memantine at weeks 12 and 18. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2007-04-01

    Quetiapine for agitation or psychosis in patients with dementia and parkinsonism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Neurology

    Key finding: Quetiapine was well-tolerated and did not worsen parkinsonism. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2007-04-01

    Association of increased cortical soluble abeta42 levels with diffuse plaques after severe brain injury in humans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Archives of neurology

    Key finding: Selective increases in soluble Abeta(1-42) after TBI may predispose individuals with a brain injury to Alzheimer disease pathology. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2007-04-01

    Systemic inflammation, infection, ApoE alleles, and Alzheimer disease: a position paper

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Current Alzheimer research

    Key finding: Blood levels of CRP and IL-6 are also associated with higher risk of Alzheimer disease and cognitive decline during aging.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2007-04-01

    Course of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Neurology

    Key finding: Baseline MRI scans were characterized by asymmetric T2-hyperintense lesions extending to the subcortical white matter and occasionally the overlying gray matter, with signal properties suggesting vasogenic edema. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2007-04-01

    Relation of diabetes to mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Archives of neurology

    Key finding: Diabetes is related to a higher risk of amnestic MCI in a population with a high prevalence of this disorder. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

March 2007 1

  1. 2007-03-29

    Curcumin labels amyloid pathology in vivo , disrupts existing plaques, and partially restores distorted neurites in an Alzheimer mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Journal of Neurochemistry

    Key finding: Curcumin also led to a limited, but significant reversal of structural changes in dystrophic dendrites, including abnormal curvature and dystrophy size. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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