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  1. Alcohol use disorder accelerates age-related cognitive decline 2026-09-23
  2. A longitudinal study of age-related traits and cognitive function: The Collaborative Amish Aging and Memory Project (CAAMP) 2026-09-20
  3. Associations of menopause hormone therapy with late-life cognition and brain health vary by formulation and APOEε4 presence 2026-09-20

Studies

1,138 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 42
  • Neurology 41
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 36
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 33
  • Nutrients 23

437 journals in all.

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  1. What is cognitive reserve? Theory and research application of the reserve concept

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2002-03-01 Disease mechanisms

    The idea of reserve against brain damage stems from the repeated observation that there does not appear to be a direct relationship between the degree of brain pathology or brain damage and the clinical manifestation of that damage.

  2. Under-recruitment and nonselective recruitment: dissociable neural mechanisms associated with aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2002-02-01 Prevention trials

    Frontal contributions to cognitive decline in aging were explored using functional MRI.

  3. Individual differences in rates of change in cognitive abilities of older persons.

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Psychology and Aging 2002 How common it is

    The authors examined change in cognitive abilities in older Catholic clergy members.

  4. Cognition and survival: an exploration in a large multicentre study of the population aged 65 years and over

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. International journal of epidemiology 2001-12-01 Disparities

    Cognitive function appears to be a marker of capacity for survival in the UK.

  5. Impaired cognitive function and compliance with antihypertensive drugs in elderly: the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2001-12-01 Long-term cohort studies

    We studied compliance with antihypertensive treatment in elderly patients with cognitive impairment.

  6. Prevalence of cognitive impairment: data from the Indianapolis Study of Health and Aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Neurology 2001-11-01 Vascular contributions

    Cognitive impairment short of dementia affects nearly one in four community-dwelling elders and is a major risk factor for later development of dementia.

  7. Applicability of the CERAD neuropsychological battery to Brazilian elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 2001-09-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    There is a limited choice of psychometric tests for Portuguese speaking people which have been evaluated in well defined groups.

  8. Homocysteine and cognitive decline in healthy elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders 2001-09-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Serum homocysteine is increased, and correlates inversely with cognitive scores, in Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia and "age-associated memory impairment".

  9. Changes in cognitive functioning following treatment of late-life depression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. The American journal of psychiatry 2000-12-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Knowledge of the relationship between various clinical characteristics and cognitive functioning is advancing, but little is known about the cognitive response to treatment for geriatric depression.

  10. Cognitive dysfunction in older subjects with diabetes mellitus: impact on diabetes self-management and use of care services. All Wales Research into Elderly (AWARE) Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Diabetes research and clinical practice 2000-12-01 Risk factors

    Routine screening of cognition in older subjects with diabetes is recommended.

  11. Tube feeding in nursing home residents with severe and irreversible cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2000-12-01 Disparities

    In multivariate analysis, feeding tube use was found to be associated with swallowing problems (odds ratio (OR) 5.4, 95% confidence interval (CI) 4.3-6.8); urban location of nursing home (OR 2.9, 95% CI 2.3-3.5); non-white race (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.9-3.6); stroke (OR 2.5, 95% CI 2.0-3.1); and absence of dementia (OR 2.5, 95% CI 2.0-3.1).

  12. Treatment of cognitive impairment after poststroke depression : a double-blind treatment trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Stroke 2000-07-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Patients with poststroke major depression have a greater severity of cognitive impairment than nondepressed patients even when matched for size and location of stroke lesion.

  13. A cross-national survey of tube-feeding decisions in cognitively impaired older persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2000-04-01 Disparities

    Despite the difference in diagnostic indication for tube-feeding, the substitute decision-making process was seriously limited at both sites by poor implementation of the principle of substituted judgement, a need for broader advance directives, and improved transfer of knowledge between clinicians and decision-makers.

  14. Association of vitamin E and C supplement use with cognitive function and dementia in elderly men

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Neurology 2000-03-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study is a longitudinal study of Japanese-American men living in Hawaii.

  15. Rate of memory decline in AD is related to education and occupation: cognitive reserve?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Neurology 1999-12-01 Vascular contributions

    Memory declined more rapidly in AD patients with higher educational and occupational attainment.

  16. The impact of HIV-related neuropsychological dysfunction on driving behavior. The HNRC Group

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 1999-11-01 Clinical safety

    HIV infection often results in neuropsychological (NP) impairment.

  17. Drug-induced cognition disorders in the elderly: incidence, prevention and management

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Drug safety 1999-08-01 Clinical safety

    The aetiology of cognitive impairment is multifactorial; however, drugs are an important cause of delirium and dementia.

  18. Drug-induced cognitive impairment in the elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Drugs & aging 1999-07-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Elderly people are more likely than younger patients to develop cognitive impairment as a result of taking medications.

  19. The role of APOE epsilon4 in modulating effects of other risk factors for cognitive decline in elderly persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. JAMA 1999-07-01 How common it is

    Most healthy elderly people did not experience cognitive decline.

  20. High monounsaturated fatty acids intake protects against age-related cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Neurology 1999-05-01 Prevention trials

    In an elderly population of Southern Italy with a typical Mediterranean diet, high MUFA intakes appeared to be protective against age-related cognitive decline.

  21. Effect of literacy on neuropsychological test performance in nondemented, education-matched elders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 1999-03-01 Vascular contributions

    The current investigation compared neuropsychological test performance among nondemented literate and illiterate elders.

  22. Cognitive test performance among nondemented elderly African Americans and whites

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Neurology 1998-05-01 Disparities

    We examined the neuropsychological test performance of a randomly selected community sample of English-speaking non-Hispanic African American and white elders in northern Manhattan.

  23. Estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women: effects on cognitive function and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. JAMA 1998-03-01 Prevention and risk

    Meta-analysis of these studies suggests a 29% decreased risk of developing dementia among estrogen users, but the findings of the studies are heterogeneous.

  24. Hypertension is related to cognitive impairment: a 20-year follow-up of 999 men

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 1998-03-01 How common it is

    Recent findings of a linkage between high blood pressure (BP) and later development of dementia have given new prospects on cerebral target-organ damage in hypertension and have added substance to the concept of "preventable senility."

  25. Left ventricular dysfunction: a clue to cognitive impairment in older patients with heart failure

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 1997-10-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Cognitive impairment has been reported in middle aged patients with end stage heart failure.

  26. Insulin and cognitive function in an elderly population. The Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Diabetes care 1997-05-01 Long-term cohort studies

    An increase in postload insulin only in women was associated with a decrease in cognitive function (age-adjusted regression coefficient -0.10 per 50 mU/l insulin; 95% CI -0.16 to -0.04).

  27. Neurocognitive impairment is an independent risk factor for death in HIV infection. San Diego HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center Group

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Archives of neurology 1997-04-01 Prevention and risk

    At the baseline evaluation, 256 (62%) of 414 subjects were designated normal; 109 (26%).

  28. The risk factors and impact on survival of feeding tube placement in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Archives of internal medicine 1997-02-01 Vascular contributions

    There are specific risk factors associated with feeding tube placement in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment.

  29. Does the Clock Drawing Test predict cognitive decline in older persons independent of the Mini-Mental State Examination? The FINE Study Group. Finland, Italy, The Netherlands Elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1996-11-01 Disparities

    A preplanned analysis of data collected during the second (1991) and the third (1995) follow-up of the Italian rural cohorts of the FINE Study (Finland, Italy, the Netherlands Elderly).

  30. Longitudinal analysis of the association between depressive symptomatology and cognitive deterioration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. American journal of epidemiology 1996-10-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Although many studies have found a cross-sectional relation between depression and dementia or depressive symptomatology and cognitive functioning, the direction of the association is still unknown.

  31. The relationship between alcohol consumption, cognitive performance, and daily functioning in an urban sample of older black Americans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1996-10-01 Disparities

    Previous research on effects of alcohol on health indices have suggested a J-shaped relationship between amounts of alcohol consumption and measurements of heart disease, stroke, and mortality rates.

  32. Effects of exercise on neurobehavioral function in community-dwelling older people more than 75 years of age

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1996-05-01 Disparities

    This study demonstrates the acceptability and effectiveness of exercise on neurobehavioral function, even in older people more than 75 years of age.

  33. Central auditory dysfunction, cognitive dysfunction, and dementia in older people

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 1996-02-01 Prevention and risk

    Hearing loss significantly lowered performance on the verbal parts of the Mini-Mental State Examination.

  34. Cognitive impairment in the nondemented elderly. Results from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Archives of neurology 1995-06-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Study objective To describe a population that was categorized as "cognitively impaired not demented" (CIND) and to examine the utility of some of the proposed criteria for describing this degree of cognitive impairment.

  35. Education and change in cognitive function. The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Annals of epidemiology 1995-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The association between educational attainment and decline in cognitive function over an interval of 1 year was examined for 14,883 subjects 18 years and older in the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study.

  36. Cardiovascular disease and distribution of cognitive function in elderly people: the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 1994-06-01 Long-term cohort studies

    Single centre population based cross sectional door to door study.

  37. The Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE): socio-demographic correlates, reliability, validity and some norms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Psychological Medicine 1989-11-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The IQCODE is a questionnaire which asks an informant about changes in an elderly person's everyday cognitive function.

  38. Training the elderly on the ability factors of spatial orientation and inductive reasoning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Psychology and aging 1986-09-01 Prevention trials

    We examined the effects of cognitive training with elderly participants from the Seattle Longitudinal Study.

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