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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 23,126–23,150 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 926 of 1096.

June 2006 1

  1. 2006-06-01

    Frontotemporal dementia: clinicopathological correlations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Getting a diagnosis Annals of neurology

    Key finding: Clinical and neuropsychological features contribute to delineating the spectrum of pathology underlying a patient diagnosed with FTLD, but biomarkers are needed that, together with the clinical phenotype, can predict the underlying neuropathology. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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  1. 2006-05-26

    A meta-analysis of structural brain abnormalities in PTSD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

    Key finding: This series of meta-analyses examined structural abnormalities of the hippocampus and other brain regions in persons with PTSD compared to trauma-exposed and non-exposed control groups. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2006-05-23

    Tumor necrosis factor-alpha induces neurotoxicity via glutamate release from hemichannels of activated microglia in an autocrine manner

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system The Journal of biological chemistry

    Key finding: In addition, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) secreted from activated microglia may elicit neurodegeneration through caspase-dependent cascades and silencing cell survival signals. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2006-05-23

    Decreased RNA, and increased RNA oxidation, in ribosomes from early Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Neurochemical research

    Key finding: Recent studies from our laboratory indicate that declines in protein synthesis and ribosome function occur in the earliest stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2006-05-22

    It's Time to March

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Health systems and care delivery Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    Key finding: That word allows us to occupy the high moral ground but to no avail. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2006-05-19

    HIV-1 associated dementia: symptoms and causes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Retrovirology

    Key finding: This suggests that indirect mechanisms of neuronal injury and loss/death occur in HIV/AIDS as a basis for dementia since neurons are not themselves productively infected by HIV-1.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2006-05-19

    Fat intake at midlife and risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: a population-based study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

    Key finding: Moderate intake of unsaturated fats at midlife is protective, whereas a moderate intake of saturated fats may increase the risk of dementia and AD, especially among ApoE epsilon4 carriers.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2006-05-18

    ERK1/2 activation mediates Abeta oligomer-induced neurotoxicity via caspase-3 activation and tau cleavage in rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms The Journal of biological chemistry

    Key finding: In this study, we investigated the molecular basis for the altered signal transduction associated with soluble amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) oligomer-mediated neurotoxicity in the hippocampus, which is primarily linked to cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer disease (AD). +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2006-05-15

    Role of complement in neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Molecular immunology

    Key finding: Although viewed for many years as an immune-privileged organ, the central nervous system contains many components of the immune system, including components of the complement system that are synthesized by astrocytes, microglia, and neurons. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2006-05-12

    Cognitive abnormalities in post-traumatic stress disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans Trends in cognitive sciences

    Key finding: Characteristically arising in response to overwhelmingly terrifying events, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder of memory: sufferers seemingly relive their trauma in the form of involuntary recollection. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2006-05-11

    NSAIDs and Alzheimer disease: epidemiological, animal model and clinical studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Neurobiology of aging

    Key finding: Activated microglia, along with a spectrum of inflammatory mediators, have been identified in association with the lesions of Alzheimer disease (AD), suggesting that antiinflammatory agents such as NSAIDs should protect against the disease. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2006-05-11

    Helping caregivers of persons with dementia: which interventions work and how large are their effects?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving International psychogeriatrics

    Key finding: Because most interventions have domain-specific outcomes, clinicians must tailor interventions according to the specific needs of the individual caregivers. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2006-05-06

    Mechanisms of homocysteine neurotoxicity in neurodegenerative diseases with special reference to dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors FEBS letters

    Key finding: Human studies suggest that homocysteine (Hcy) plays a role in brain damage, cognitive and memory decline.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2006-05-04

    Progression to dementia in clinical subtypes of mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

    Key finding: When the clinical syndrome of MCI evolves on a neurodegenerative basis, the multiple-domain type of MCI has a less favorable prognosis than the amnestic type and may represent a more advanced prodromal stage of dementia. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2006-05-04

    Impact of behavioural problems on spousal caregivers: a comparison between Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

    Key finding: Caregivers of FTD patients were overall more distressed by the behaviour of their partners than were the caregivers of AD patients. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2006-05-02

    Differences between Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: an fMRI study of task-related brain activity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Brain : a journal of neurology

    Key finding: Reaction time or accuracy in DLB and Alzheimer's disease differed significantly from controls but not between patient groups, with the exception of accuracy in the face task (DLB < Alzheimer's disease; P = 0.038). +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2006-05-01

    The Lille apathy rating scale (LARS), a new instrument for detecting and quantifying apathy: validation in Parkinson's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry

    Key finding: Standard validity indices showed that the LARS is sensitive and capable of distinguishing between apathy and depression. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2006-05-01

    Quality of life of people with dementia in residential care homes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Health systems and care delivery The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

    Key finding: The QoL-AD could be used as an effective measure of the quality of life of people with dementia in residential homes. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2006-05-01

    S-nitrosylated protein-disulphide isomerase links protein misfolding to neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Nature

    Key finding: During neurodegenerative disorders and cerebral ischaemia, the accumulation of immature and denatured proteins results in ER dysfunction, but the upregulation of PDI represents an adaptive response to protect neuronal cells. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2006-05-01

    Roles for NF-kappaB in nerve cell survival, plasticity, and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Cell death and differentiation

    Key finding: Recent findings indicate that NF-kappaB plays important roles in disorders such as epilepsy, stroke, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, as well as oncogenesis.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2006-05-01

    Depression and risk for Alzheimer disease: systematic review, meta-analysis, and metaregression analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Archives of general psychiatry

    Key finding: A history of depression may confer an increased risk for later developing AD. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2006-05-01

    Nutrition in brain development and aging: role of essential fatty acids

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Nutrition reviews

    Key finding: The fetus and placenta are dependent on maternal EFA supply for their growth and development, with docosahexaenomic acid (DHA)-supplemented infants showing significantly greater mental and psychomotor development scores (breast-fed children do even better). +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2006-05-01

    Falls as a complication of diabetes mellitus in older people

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Journal of diabetes and its complications

    Key finding: We provide evidence that poorly controlled diabetes and conditions associated with complications of diabetes are associated with an increased risk of falling in older people.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2006-05-01

    Region-specific dissociation of neuronal loss and neurofibrillary pathology in a mouse model of tauopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms The American journal of pathology

    Key finding: We observed regional dissociation of neuronal loss and accumulation of neurofibrillary pathology, because there was loss of neurons before neurofibrillary lesions appeared in the dentate gyrus and, conversely, neurofibrillary pathology appeared without major cell loss in the striatum. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2006-05-01

    Regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase gene in glial cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Antioxidants & redox signaling

    Key finding: Resident glial cells in the CNS (astroglia and microglia) express inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and produce high levels of NO in response to a wide variety of proinflammatory and degenerative stimuli. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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