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  1. Midlife and Late-Life Alzheimer Disease Blood Biomarkers and 11-Year Cognitive Decline 2026-10-16
  2. Clinical Factors Associated With Discordant Plasma P-Tau217 and Established Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers 2026-10-01
  3. A neurocognitive speech taxonomy for voice biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease 2026-09-25

Studies

900 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1980 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 132
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 37
  • JAMA neurology 36
  • Alzheimer's research & therapy 30
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 30

255 journals in all.

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  1. Neurological and inflammatory biomarkers in CSF along the Alzheimer's Disease spectrum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Tau biomarkers

    For 43 assays, more than 80% of samples provided concentrations within the dynamic range of the assay.

  2. Novel immunoassays for TDP‐43 detection in plasma and CSF

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    The full length TDP-43 assay in standard format had a quantitative range of 10-275,000 pg/mL and sufficient sensitivity to quantitate 100% of the tested plasma samples.

  3. PET and Blood Biomarkers as Predictors of Short‐Term Progression in MCI and Mild Dementia: Prospective Insights from a Southeast Asian Middle‐Income Country

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Among 42 participants (median age: 71 years, 66.7% female), 26 (61.9%) were classified as progressors.

  4. Phenotypic variability in early-onset dementia segregating with a novel APP (p.I718M) variant

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2025-12-01 Tau biomarkers

    Autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease (ADAD) is caused by pathogenic variants in the APP, PSEN1 and PSEN2 genes, but a substantial fraction of reported variants is of unknown clinical significance.

  5. Plasma Biomarker Association with Cognition in Uganda

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Biomarkers

    Raw scores were converted to regression‐based Z‐scores and averaged at the domain and overall level.

  6. Plasma Biomarker Characterization of Alzheimer’s Disease Psychosis in Study ACP‐204‐006

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Biomarkers

    In Part 1 (currently ongoing), between February 6, 2024, and December 27, 2024, 322 adults were screened, of whom 75 (aged 59-89 years) met NIA-AA and IPA criteria.

  7. Predicting onset of Alzheimer disease symptoms with a plasma %p‐tau217 clock

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Biomarkers

    Two independently constructed %p‐tau217 plasma clocks had strong correlations with actual time measures and were consistent across the two cohorts.

  8. Sensorimotor measures predict longitudinal cognitive decline and correlate with CSF and plasma biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Innovation in Aging 2025-12-01 Biomarkers

    Identifying early markers of cognitive decline in cognitively normal older adults is critical for dementia prevention.

  9. Sensorimotor measures predict longitudinal cognitive decline and correlate with CSF and plasma biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Innovation in Aging 2025-12-01 Biomarkers

    Identifying early markers of cognitive decline in cognitively normal older adults is critical for dementia prevention.

  10. The evolving roles of imaging and fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer disease over the past quarter century

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Tau biomarkers

    In 2004, the first radiotracer that bound amyloid plaques was reported, which enabled visualization of the amount and regional distribution of amyloid plaques in the brains of living individuals via positron emission tomography (PET).

  11. The relationship between neuroinflammation and clinical features of dementia: An investigation of GFAP levels in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    We found significant main effects between GFAP groups and age, diagnosis of AD, diagnosis of VaD, MoCA, sex, CRP and BMI.

  12. Validation of blood biomarkers for Alzheimer Disease in Thai Cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Biomarkers

    Plasma biomarkers showed promising diagnostic performances and potential clinical usefulness in diagnosing dementia.

  13. Blood biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and progression across different stages of cognitive decline in the community

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Nature Communications 2025-11-23 Mild cognitive impairment

    Blood biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are promising for dementia prediction, but their association with progression across intermediate stages of cognitive decline in the general population remains unclear.

  14. Alzheimer Disease Blood Biomarker Concentrations Across Race and Ethnicity Groups in Middle-Aged Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2025-11-21 Biomarkers

    The sample included 4340 adults (mean [SD; range] age, 58.1 [1.1; 56-63] years; 2400 [55.3%] women); 630 (14.4%) were Black, 900 (20.7%) were Latinx, and 2610 (60.1%) were White.

  15. CSF α-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays and Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers in Dementia With Lewy Bodies: Presentation and Progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Neurology 2025-11-17 Tau biomarkers

    α-Synuclein (αSyn) seed amplification assays (SAAs) accurately detect αSyn pathology in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).

  16. High-sensitivity plasma proteomics reveals disease-specific signatures and predictive biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease phenotypes in a large mixed-dementia cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2025-11-17 Biomarkers

    Novel plasma assays enabled accurate blood-based biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases with minimally invasive options for clinical use.

  17. Depressive symptoms and plasma AT(N) biomarkers among cognitively healthy and mild cognitively impaired in a diverse cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2025-11-13 Tau biomarkers

    Depression is a known risk factor for dementia and MCI, but its associations with AT(N) biomarkers remain inconsistent and may differ by cognitive status.

  18. Evaluation of a panel of plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in a diverse research cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-11-10 Biomarkers

    Plasma biomarkers demonstrate promise for improving diagnostic accuracy in diverse research cohorts.

  19. Plasma NfL and GFAP in the preclinical stages of neurodegenerative diseases: insights from the UK Biobank

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Neurology 2025-11-09 Long-term cohort studies

    The final sample included 1196 cases (505 PD, 26 APD, 476 AD, 189 ALS) and 44,107 control subjects.

  20. [News on blood biomarker-based early diagnosis of the preliminary stages of Alzheimer's dementia]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 30 out of 100. Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie 2025-11-06 Tau biomarkers

    The early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (ADD) has gained new significance through the further discovery of blood biomarkers.

  21. Studies evaluating the diagnostic test accuracy of plasma phosphorylated tau (p-tau) and amyloid beta (Aβ) tests (p-tau217, %p-tau217, p-tau181, p-tau231, and Aβ42/Aβ40) compared to reference standard tests (cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] AD biomarkers, amyloid positron emission tomography [PET], or neuropathology) in individuals with cognitive impairment (mild cognitive impairment or dementia) in specialized care settings were included.

  22. A multivariate approach to identify association between peripheral blood DNA methylation and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Scientific reports 2025-11-03 Tau biomarkers

    DNA methylation has been shown to play a crucial role in many diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  23. 7 FDA Approved CSF Biomarkers Demonstrate Strong Predictive Value for Identification of Alzheimer Disease Based on PET Scan in Patients with Standalone Alzheimer Cognitive Screening Tests

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 2025-11-01 Tau biomarkers

    CSF pTau181/Ab42 ratio is a diagnostic marker for Alzheimer disease correlated well with PET scan compared to various standalone cognitive screening assessment.

  24. Prognostic value of plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein in cognitively unimpaired older adults: Results from the A4 study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2025-11 Biomarkers

    Plasma GFAP is a prognostic biomarker in CU older adults, predicting cognitive and biological changes, with stronger associations observed in females, highlighting a possible sex-specific vulnerability.

  25. Impact of preanalytical delay on the performance of plasma Aβ42, Aβ42/40, p‐tau217, and p‐tau217/Aβ42 in detecting brain amyloidosis in the ALZAN cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-10-30 Biomarkers

    The preanalytical delay has a significant impact for Aβ40 and Aβ42.

  26. Assessing Cognitive Decline and Dementia Risk in Black and White Older Adults With Blood Biomarkers pTau217, GFAP, NfL, and Aβ Ratio

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Neurology 2025-10-28 Biomarkers

    Biomarkers were measured in 431 Black and 583 White participants (mean age of 77 and 80 years and 17% and 21% of men, respectively), generating a balanced sample of 366:366.

  27. Longitudinal Associations of Multimodal Core 1 Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers With Cognition in Aging and Preclinical Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Neurology 2025-10-17 Tau biomarkers

    The aim of this study was to evaluate longitudinal associations of multimodal core 1 AD biomarkers with cognition in a cognitively unimpaired (CU) population at increased risk of AD dementia.

  28. Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers Profiling in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Relationship With Disease Phenotypes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of the American Heart Association 2025-10-14 Tau biomarkers

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a heterogeneous small vessel disease that can occur independently or alongside Alzheimer disease (AD).

  29. Neurofilament Biomarkers in Neurology: From Neuroinflammation to Neurodegeneration, Bridging Established and Novel Analytical Advances with Clinical Practice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025-10-07 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neuroaxonal damage underlies permanent disability in various neurological conditions, both neuroautoimmune and neurodegenerative.

  30. Alzheimer Disease, Vascular Disease, and Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Biomarkers in Middle-Aged Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurology 2025-10-06 Biomarkers

    The findings suggest that permeability of the blood-brain barrier is linked to AD pathophysiology, contributes to cerebrovascular lesions observed on MRI, and is associated with neuroinflammation in middle age.

  31. Reference proteins to improve Core 1 and Core 2 Alzheimer’s disease CSF and plasma biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Brain 2025-10-03 Biomarkers

    Using the Swedish BioFINDER-2 cohort [n = 1702, 50.7% male, mean (standard deviation) age 68.4 (12.2) years], we compared the associations between tau/Aβ-PET load and fluid biomarkers alone versus biomarkers in a ratio with a reference protein (Aβ40 or np-tau) in univariate linear regression models.

  32. A systematic comparison of ATN biomarkers for monitoring longitudinal cognitive changes in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-10-01 Biomarkers

    Plasma p‐tau 217 offers a cost‐effective AD‐specific alternative to tau‐PET and could potentially be implemented for monitoring cognitive changes in AD trials, while amyloid‐PET lacks utility.

  33. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Longitudinal Change in Imaging and Plasma Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease and Vascular Pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 2025-10-01 Biomarkers

    Among 1,706 participants (mean age 56 years, 62% female, 28% Black), midlife NAFLD vs no NAFLD was associated with greater late-life WMH volume (difference per SD 0.19, 95% CI 0.06-0.31) and faster late-life WMH increase over 6 years (difference in annual change, SD 0.28, 95% CI 0.05-0.51), suggesting accumulating vascular pathology.

  34. Age-Specific Control and Alzheimer Disease Reference Curves and z -Scores for Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in Blood

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Clinical Chemistry 2025-09-19 Biomarkers

    AD exhibited elevated serum GFAP levels in comparison to control patients (P < 0.0001).

  35. Associations of circulating c-reactive protein levels with central Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-09-17 Genetics

    The mean (SD) age of participants was 70.57 (8.00) years, with 179 (42.9 %) females.

  36. Storage-dependent variability in Alzheimer disease-related plasma biomarker results using the Fujirebio Lumipulse G1200 platform

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology 2025-09-17 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer disease plasma biomarkers have emerged as minimally invasive, cost-effective tools for early diagnosis and disease monitoring yet their stability under common "real world" pre-analytical conditions remains incompletely characterized.

  37. BDNF Val66Met Genotype, DNA Methylation, mRNA, and Protein Levels as Potential Blood-Based Biomarkers for Dementia and Cognitive Decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025-09-15 Cognitive tests and assessment

    DNA methylation, mRNA and protein levels, and cognitive performance using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Clock Drawing Test (CDT).

  38. α-Synuclein Seed Amplifications Assay in a Cohort With Cognitive Impairment: Performance and Interactions With CSF and Plasma Biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Neurology 2025-09-08 Tau biomarkers

    α-Synuclein seed amplification assays (αSAAs) can improve the diagnosis of synucleinopathies and detect α-synuclein (αSyn) copathology in vivo in clinical practice.

  39. Using blood samples from the publicly available ADNI research cohort (191 people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia), this study found the PrecivityAD2 blood test agreed with amyloid PET scans about 91% of the time.

  40. Associations of plasma von Willebrand Factor levels with cognitive decline and neurodegeneration in older adults without dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2025-09-03 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Our findings may contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the vascular contributions to cognitive function and may help identify potential biomarkers for the early detection and intervention of AD.

  41. Pulse pressure as a predictor of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers and cognitive decline: The moderating role of APOE ε4

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-09-03 Treatments

    Higher baseline PP was significantly associated with increased Aβ (β = 0.078; p = 0.001), inferior temporal tau (β = 0.110; p = 0.032), and meta-temporal tau deposition (β = 0.116; p = 0.022).

  42. The Role of Blood-Based Biomarkers in Transforming Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Clinical Management: A Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025-09-03 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition representing the most common cause of dementia and currently affects millions of people worldwide.

  43. Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers and Subjective Cognitive Decline Among Hispanic and/or Latino Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. JAMA network open 2025-09-02 Tau biomarkers

    Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) may be an early indicator of Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD), yet its association with plasma biomarkers remains unclear among middle-aged and older adults (aged 50-86 years).

  44. Person-specific digital measurements of air pollutant exposure and biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: Findings from a pilot study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2025-09-01 Tau biomarkers

    BackgroundAir pollution has been almost exclusively measured by region-level ambient exposure of particulate matter (PM) from government agencies (e.g., EPA), which does not capture the potentially large within-region variation and takes no consideration of human mobility in daily life.

  45. Prognostic Value of A/T/N Biomarkers: Comparing Plasma and Imaging Modalities in Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Clinical nuclear medicine 2025-09-01 Tau biomarkers

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-β plaques (A), tau tangles (T), and neurodegeneration (N), collectively defining the ATN framework.

  46. Retinal biomarkers in cognitive impairment and dementia: Structural, functional, and molecular insights

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-09-01 Digital health tools

    Cognitive impairment and dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), pose a global health crisis, necessitating non-invasive biomarkers for early detection.

  47. C-reactive protein predicts functional decline in older adults newly diagnosed with dementia: A 5-year follow-up study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología 2025-08-27 Cognitive tests and assessment

    A total of 158 participants were included, with an average age of 75.2 years (SD 7.65). 60.8% (n=96) of patients had AD, and 39.2% (n=62) had LBD.

  48. Large-scale CSF proteome profiling identifies biomarkers for accurate diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Molecular Neurodegeneration 2025-08-27 Getting a diagnosis

    Forty-three proteins were differentially regulated in FTD compared to controls and AD, reflecting axon development, regulation of synapse assembly, and cell-cell adhesion mediator activity pathways.

  49. Plasma and neurostructural biomarkers in the clinical-biological characterization of early stages of the Alzheimer's disease continuum: findings from the Compostela Aging Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-08-27 Tau biomarkers

    Recent technical advances in peripheral blood analysis have enabled precise quantification of Alzheimer´s Disease (AD) biomarkers in the early stages of the AD continuum, in an economical, non-invasive and safe manner.

  50. Evaluation of oxidative stress biomarkers in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: targeting dynamic thiol–disulfide homeostasis and ischemia-modified albumin

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Neurological Research 2025-08-26 Mild cognitive impairment

    Hypertensive patients also had significantly lower thiol levels compared to those without hypertension (p < 0.05).Conclusion Our findings suggest that total and native thiol levels decline with cognitive deterioration and advancing age.

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