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  1. Diagnostic accuracy of remote self-administered digital cognitive assessment by clinical diagnosis and Alzheimer's disease PET imaging biomarkers 2026-09-25
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  3. T1 mapping in Alzheimer’s disease: a quantitative MRI study with amyloid-PET correlation 2026-09-21

Studies

842 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1983 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 83
  • Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 42
  • Brain : a journal of neurology 34
  • NeuroImage 31
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 30

283 journals in all.

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  1. Positron emission tomography in evaluation of dementia: Regional brain metabolism and long-term outcome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. JAMA 2001-11-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Progressive dementia was detected by PET with a sensitivity of 93% (191/206) and a specificity of 76% (59/78).

  2. MRI-derived entorhinal and hippocampal atrophy in incipient and very mild Alzheimer’s disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Neurobiology of Aging 2001-09-01 Brain scans and imaging

  3. Selective preservation and degeneration within the prefrontal cortex in aging and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2001-09-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is a heterogeneous cortical structure that supports higher cognitive functions, including working memory and verbal abilities.

  4. A Voxel-Based Morphometric Study of Ageing in 465 Normal Adult Human Brains

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. NeuroImage 2001-07-01 Brain scans and imaging

  5. Cortical change in Alzheimer's disease detected with a disease-specific population-based brain atlas

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 2001-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    We report the first detailed population-based maps of cortical gray matter loss in Alzheimer's disease (AD), revealing prominent features of early structural change.

  6. Visual rating and volumetry of the medial temporal lobe on magnetic resonance imaging in dementia: a comparative study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2000-11-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    It has been shown that atrophy of medial temporal lobe structures such as the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex shown on MRI may distinguish patients with Alzheimer's disease from healthy controls.

  7. Regional metabolic patterns in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: A 1H MRS study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Neurology 2000-07-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    These findings suggest that the initial 1H MRS change in the pathologic progression of AD is an increase in MI/Cr.

  8. From healthy aging to early Alzheimer's disease: in vivo detection of entorhinal cortex atrophy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2000-06-01 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    Using quantitative structural MRI protocols, we examined the effects of age on alterations in entorhinal cortex (EC) volume.

  9. Use of structural magnetic resonance imaging to predict who will get Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2000-04-01 Getting a diagnosis

    We used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements to determine whether persons in the prodromal phase of Alzheimer's disease (AD) could be accurately identified before they developed clinically diagnosed dementia.

  10. The relationship between fMRI activation and cerebral atrophy: comparison of normal aging and alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. NeuroImage 2000-03-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Functional MRI has recently been used to examine activation associated with aging and dementia, yet little is known regarding the effect of cerebral atrophy on fMRI signal.

  11. Registration of serial MRI volume images provides a powerful method of quantification of brain atrophy that can be used to monitor progression of AD in clinical trials.

  12. A voxel-based morphometry study of semantic dementia: relationship between temporal lobe atrophy and semantic memory

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2000-01-01 Lewy body dementia

    The cortical anatomy of 6 patients with semantic dementia (the temporal lobe variant of frontotemporal dementia) was contrasted with that of a group of age-matched normal subjects by using voxel-based morphometry, a technique that identifies changes in gray matter volume on a voxel-by-voxel basis.

  13. Early diagnosis of Alzheimer disease with positron emission tomography

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2000-01-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    The emergence of drugs that may slow progression of Alzheimer disease, if administered early during its course, has necessitated early diagnosis of the disease itself.

  14. White matter lesions on magnetic resonance imaging in dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and normal aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 1999-07-01 Getting a diagnosis

    In common with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, PVHs and WMHs were significantly more extensive in dementia with Lewy bodies than in controls.

  15. Rate of medial temporal lobe atrophy in typical aging and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Neurology 1998-10-01 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    A statistically significant yearly decline in hippocampal volume and an increase in temporal horn volume was identified in elderly control subjects who represent typical aging individuals.

  16. Serotonin in aging, late-life depression, and Alzheimer's disease: the emerging role of functional imaging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 1998-06-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Serotonin (5-HT) neuron and neurotransmitter loss in normal aging and neuropsychiatric diseases of late life may contribute to behavioral changes commonly observed in the elderly population.

  17. A nonparametric method for automatic correction of intensity nonuniformity in MRI data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 1998 Brain scans and imaging

    A novel approach to correcting for intensity nonuniformity in magnetic resonance (MR) data is described that achieves high performance without requiring a model of the tissue classes present.

  18. Medial temporal atrophy on MRI in normal aging and very mild Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Neurology 1997-09-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based volumetric measurements of medial temporal lobe (MTL) structures can discriminate between normal elderly control subjects and patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) of moderate to advanced severity.

  19. Medial temporal structures relate to memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease: an MRI volumetric study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 1997-08-01 Brain scans and imaging

    The presence of perihippocampal damage involving the amygdala proper, its surrounding cortex, and the subiculum further increased the severity of memory impairment attributable to hippocampal damage in Alzheimer's disease.

  20. Metabolic reduction in the posterior cingulate cortex in very early Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Annals of neurology 1997-07-01 Getting a diagnosis

    This study investigated cerebral glucose metabolism in very early Alzheimer's disease, before a clinical diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease is possible, using [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.

  21. Localization of manganese superoxide dismutase in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of Alzheimer-type senile dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 27 out of 100. Osaka city medical journal 1997-06-01 Biomarkers

    Manganese-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) was localized in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of patients with Alzheimer-type senile dementia (ATD) by immunocytochemistry and the relationship of Mn-SOD with two major pathological features of ATD, i.e., senile plaques and neurofibrillar tangles (NFTs), was examined.

  22. Neuronal loss correlates with but exceeds neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Annals of neurology 1997-01-01 Caregiving

    To assess the relationship between dementia, neuronal loss, and neuropathological findings in Alzheimer's disease (AD), we counted the number of neurons, senile plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles in a high-order association cortex.

  23. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in geriatric depression and primary degenerative dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Journal of affective disorders 1997-01-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to investigate volumes of different brain structures in 19 patients with late-onset major depression (DSM-III-R), 27 patients with Alzheimer's disease (NINCDS-ADRDA criteria) and 13 age matched controls. 3-D MRI sequences were acquired using a Siemens 1.5 T scanner.

  24. Atrophy of the corpus callosum in Alzheimer's disease versus healthy aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1996-07-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Atrophy of the CC differentiates HE and ID from AD subjects and tracks the cognitive decline of this disease.

  25. Quantitative assessment of synaptic density in the outer molecular layer of the hippocampal dentate gyrus in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Dementia (Basel, Switzerland) 1996-07-01 Brain scans and imaging

    We quantified the synaptic density in the outer molecular layer of the hippocampal dentate gyrus.

  26. Identification of famous faces and famous names in early Alzheimer's disease. Relationship to anterograde episodic and general semantic memory

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 1996-02-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    We assessed remote memory in 33 patients with dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT) with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores between 17 and 30, and 30 matched controls using a Famous Faces Test and Famous Names Test designed to assess face recognition, identification and naming, and name recognition and identification, respectively, together with a range of anterograde episodic and semantic memory tests.

  27. Image analysis of beta-amyloid load in Alzheimer's disease and relation to dementia severity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Lancet (London, England) 1995-12-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The protein beta-amyloid is said to be central to the disease process of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  28. Memory disorders in probable Alzheimer's disease: the role of hippocampal atrophy as shown with MRI

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 1995-05-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Magnetic resonance based volumetric measures of hippocampal formation, amygdala (A), caudate nucleus (CN), normalised for total intracranial volume (TIV), were analysed in relation to measures of cognitive deterioration and specific features of memory functions in 18 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease.

  29. Extrapyramidal signs and psychiatric symptoms predict faster cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Archives of neurology 1994-07-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    A cohort of patients was followed up longitudinally and the likelihood of arriving at two cognitive end points was assessed using the Cox proportional hazards model and eight explanatory variables.

  30. In vivo evaluation of brain iron in Alzheimer's disease and normal subjects using MRI

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Biological psychiatry 1994-04-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can measure transverse relaxation rate (R2) of tissues.

  31. Volumetric magnetic resonance imaging in men with dementia of the Alzheimer type: correlations with disease severity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Biological psychiatry 1993-11-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we measured the volumes of various brain structures and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in 19 men with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and 18 healthy age-matched control men.

  32. Temporal lobe regions on magnetic resonance imaging identify patients with early Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Archives of neurology 1993-09-01 Vascular contributions

    The results suggest that the hippocampus and the temporal horn of the lateral ventricles may be useful as antemortem markers of AD in mildly impaired patients.

  33. Atrophy of medial temporal lobes on MRI in "probable" Alzheimer's disease and normal ageing: diagnostic value and neuropsychological correlates.

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 1992-10-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown a great reduction in medial temporal lobe and hippocampal volume of patients with Alzheimer's disease as compared to controls.

  34. Changes in brain functional connectivity in Alzheimer-type and multi-infarct dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 1992-10-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Clinical and neuropathological evaluation of elderly subjects with dementia has traditionally concentrated upon the focal distribution of brain disease, ignoring changes in the complex connections that link brain areas and that are crucial for cognition.

  35. Inverse relationship between education and parietotemporal perfusion deficit in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Annals of neurology 1992-09-01 How common it is

    A higher prevalence of dementia in individuals with fewer years of education has suggested that education may protect against Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  36. MR-based hippocampal volumetry in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Neurology 1992-01-01 Getting a diagnosis

    We evaluated a new magnetic resonance (MR)-based technique for performing volumetric measurements of temporal lobe structures.

  37. The Topographical and Neuroanatomical Distribution of Neurofibrillary Tangles and Neuritic Plaques in the Cerebral Cortex of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Cerebral Cortex 1991 Brain tissue and pathology

    The distribution of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) and neuritic plaques (NPs) was mapped in 39 cortical areas of 11 brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  38. Quantitative NMR measurements of hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Magnetic resonance in medicine 1988-10-01 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging was employed to study 10 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and seven healthy elderly control subjects.

  39. The postmortem Alzheimer brain is a source of structurally and functionally intact astrocytic messenger RNA

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neuroscience methods 1988-03-01 Biomarkers

    Although the precise role of astrocytes in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is currently undefined, studies carried out at the molecular level may lead to new insights into the functioning of this class of brain cells in dementia.

  40. MR signal abnormalities at 1.5 T in Alzheimer's dementia and normal aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. AJR. American journal of roentgenology 1987-08-01 Risk factors

    The type, frequency, and extent of MR signal abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease and normal aging are a subject of controversy.

  41. Positron emission tomography in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Neurology 1986-07-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Twenty-one patients with a clinical diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) and 29 healthy, age-matched controls were studied using positron emission tomography (PET) and [18F]2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose to measure regional cerebral glucose consumption in the resting state.

  42. Regional cerebral metabolic alterations in dementia of the Alzheimer type: positron emission tomography with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of computer assisted tomography 1983-08-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Alzheimer disease is the most common cause of dementia in adults.

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