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Newest in this topic

  1. Retinal biomarkers and dementia risk: A review of evidence across the 14 Lancet modifiable risk factors for dementia 2026-10-22
  2. Multimodal Retinal Imaging for the Detection of Early Alzheimer’s Disease: Combining Biochemical, Structural, and Vascular Biomarkers 2026-08-17
  3. Electroretinography as a Noninvasive Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Older Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review 2026-07-30

Studies

151 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 13
  • Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 7
  • Progress in retinal and eye research 7
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 4
  • Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 4

89 journals in all.

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. Optic-nerve degeneration in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 1986-08-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Alzheimer's disease is a dementing disorder of unknown cause in which there is degeneration of neuronal subpopulations in the central nervous system.

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