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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 24,026–24,050 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 962 of 1096.

July 2004 25

  1. 2004-07-27

    Hereditary dementia with intracerebral hemorrhages and cerebral amyloid angiopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Neurology

    Key finding: Neuropathologic examination revealed Alzheimer-type changes with Abeta in neuritic plaques and vessel walls, but the cognitive profile of the patients differed from that in AD, as the visuoconstructive functions and verbal fluency were well preserved even in the moderate stage of the disease. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2004-07-22

    General practitioners' knowledge, confidence and attitudes in the diagnosis and management of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving Age and ageing

    Key finding: Educational support for general practitioners should concentrate on epidemiological knowledge, disclosure of the diagnosis and management of behaviour problems in dementia.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2004-07-21

    ABCA1 Is Required for Normal Central Nervous System ApoE Levels and for Lipidation of Astrocyte-secreted apoE

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Journal of Biological Chemistry

    Key finding: We found that Abca1-/- mice have greatly decreased apoE levels in both the cortex (80% reduction) and the CSF (98% reduction). +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2004-07-01

    Benzodiazepine use and hip fractures in the elderly: who is at greatest risk?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Archives of internal medicine

    Key finding: The incidence of hip fracture appears to be associated with benzodiazepine use. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2004-07-01

    Effect of soy protein containing isoflavones on cognitive function, bone mineral density, and plasma lipids in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical trials JAMA

    Key finding: This double-blind randomized trial does not support the hypothesis that the use of soy protein supplement containing isoflavones improves cognitive function, bone mineral density, or plasma lipids in healthy postmenopausal women when started at the age of 60 years or later. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2004-07-01

    The efficacy of donepezil in the treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Neurology

    Key finding: Donepezil has significant efficacy in the treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with mild to moderate AD. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2004-07-01

    Phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein tau by isoforms of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development Journal of neurochemistry

    Key finding: These findings extend the number of candidate protein kinases for the hyperphosphorylation of tau in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2004-07-01

    Medial temporal lobe function and structure in mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Annals of neurology

    Key finding: Moreover, those who subsequently declined over the 2.5 years of clinical follow-up (44% of the subjects) activated a significantly greater extent of the right PHG during encoding, despite equivalent memory performance.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2004-07-01

    EEG dynamics in patients with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology

    Key finding: These abnormalities are thought to be associated with functional disconnections among cortical areas resulting from death of cortical neurons, axonal pathology, cholinergic deficits, etc. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2004-07-01

    Physician recognition of cognitive impairment: evaluating the need for improvement

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    Key finding: Medical record documentation reflects physician recognition of dementia, yet physicians are aware of, but have not documented, many patients with milder cognitive impairment. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2004-07-01

    Molecular pharmacology of glutamate transporters, EAATs and VGLUTs

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Brain research. Brain research reviews

    Key finding: Examination of EAATs and VGLUTs in brain preparations and by heterologous expression of the various cloned subtypes shows these two transporter families differ in many of their functional properties including substrate specificity and ion requirements. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2004-07-01

    Moderate renal impairment and risk of dementia among older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

    Key finding: Renal impairment is associated with an increased risk of carotid atherosclerosis and stroke, determinants of cognitive dysfunction and dementia. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2004-07-01

    Anatomical MRI study of borderline personality disorder patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans Psychiatry research

    Key finding: Hippocampal volume reduction has been reported in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), and is hypothesized to be associated with traumatic childhood experiences. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2004-07-01

    Hippocampal volume, memory, and cortisol status in major depressive disorder: effects of treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans Biological psychiatry

    Key finding: Medication-free nonelderly depressed outpatients without alcohol dependence or adverse experiences in childhood had normal hippocampal volume. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2004-07-01

    The amygdala is enlarged in children but not adolescents with autism; the hippocampus is enlarged at all ages

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

    Key finding: Thus, the amygdala in children with autism is initially larger, but does not undergo the age-related increase observed in typically developing children. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2004-07-01

    Forgoing artificial nutrition and hydration in nursing home patients with dementia: patients, decision making, and participants

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

    Key finding: On the basis of these results, we recommend that discussions that include NHPs, family members, and nurses concerning decisions about possible future situations be held on a regular basis. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2004-07-01

    Psychiatric aspects of Parkinson's disease--an update

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Journal of neurology

    Key finding: In patients with dementia associated with PD cognitive functioning and behavioural problems appear to respond to cholinesterase inhibitors, such as rivastigmine or donepezil.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2004-07-01

    Herbert M. Sommers, MD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

    Key finding: Accompanied by Washington Winn, we paid one last visit to present him with a copy of the just published 5th edition of the Color Atlas. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2004-07-01

    Microglia and Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Journal of neuroscience research

    Key finding: The concept of detrimental neuroinflammation has gained a strong foothold in the AD arena and is being expanded to other neurodegenerative diseases. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2004-07-01

    Caspase-cleavage of tau is an early event in Alzheimer disease tangle pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology The Journal of clinical investigation

    Key finding: Together with amyloid beta (Abeta) plaques and neuronal and synaptic loss, NFTs constitute the primary pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer disease (AD). +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2004-07-01

    Frontal assessment battery and differential diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Archives of neurology

    Key finding: The different distribution of pathologic features in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer disease (AD) predicts a predominant dysexecutive syndrome in FTD. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2004-07-01

    Neuropathology provides clues to the pathophysiology of Gaucher disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Lewy body dementia Molecular genetics and metabolism

    Key finding: While these findings were common to all three GD phenotypes, the extent of the changes varied depending on the severity of disease. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2004-07-01

    Mostly separate distributions of CLAC- versus Abeta40- or thioflavin S-reactivities in senile plaques reveal two distinct subpopulations of beta-amyloid deposits

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's The American journal of pathology

    Key finding: Immunoelectron microscopy of CLAC-positive SP showed labeling of fibrils that are more loosely dispersed compared to typical amyloid fibrils in CLAC-negative SP. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2004-07-01

    Trisomy 21 and the brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology

    Key finding: This developmental failure is thought to result in mental retardation.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2004-07-01

    Medial temporal lobe atrophy on MRI predicts dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Neurology

    Key finding: The mean follow-up period for the cohort was 34 months. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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