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Studies

238 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1994 to 2026

Top journals

  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 24
  • Environmental research 21
  • Environment international 8
  • Environmental health perspectives 8
  • medRxiv 7

130 journals in all.

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  1. Road traffic noise, air pollution, and risk of dementia - results from the Betula project

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Environmental research 2018-06-14 Risk factors

    We found no evidence that exposure to road traffic noise, either independently or in combination with traffic air pollution, was associated with risk of dementia in our study area.

  2. Association between air pollution from residential wood burning and dementia incidence in a longitudinal study in Northern Sweden

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. PloS one 2018-06-13 Risk factors

    If the associations we observed are causal, then air pollution from residential wood burning, and air pollution from traffic, might be independent important risk factors for dementia.

  3. Danger in the Air: Air Pollution and Cognitive Dysfunction

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 2018-06-06 Risk factors

    Air pollution is a multifaceted toxic chemical mixture capable of assaulting the central nervous system.

  4. The emerging risk of exposure to air pollution on cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease - Evidence from epidemiological and animal studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Biomedical journal 2018-06-01 Risk factors

    As incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases rise, there is increasing interest in environmental factors which may contribute to disease onset and progression.

  5. PM2.5 exposure aggravates oligomeric amyloid beta-induced neuronal injury and promotes NLRP3 inflammasome activation in an in vitro model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2018-05-02 Risk factors

    For the first time, these results suggested that the effects of PM2.5 under AD context were possibly mediated by NLRP3 inflammasome activation, which was triggered by ROS.

  6. Ambient ozone exposure and mental health: A systematic review of epidemiological studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Environmental research 2018-05-01 Risk factors

    Current evidence for an association between ambient ozone exposure and mental health outcomes is inconclusive and further high quality studies are needed to assess any potential links given the strong biologic plausibility.

  7. Exposures to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and ozone (O 3 ) above USEPA standards are associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk.

  8. Beneficial effects of low alcohol exposure, but adverse effects of high alcohol intake on glymphatic function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Scientific reports 2018-02-02 Biomarkers

    Prolonged intake of excessive amounts of ethanol is known to have adverse effects on the central nervous system (CNS).

  9. Long-term exposure to residential green and blue spaces and anxiety and depression in adults: A cross-sectional study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Environmental research 2018-01-19 Prevention trials

    Our findings suggest a potential protective role of green spaces on mental health (depression and anxiety) in adults, but further studies, especially longitudinal studies, are needed to provide further evidence of these benefits and of the mediation role of exposures like air pollution and noise.

  10. Association of Low-Level Ozone with Cognitive Decline in Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2018-01-01 Risk factors

    Increasing evidence points to an association of airborne pollutant exposure with respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological pathology.

  11. Environment and Neurodegenerative Diseases: An Update on miRNA Role

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. MicroRNA (Shariqah, United Arab Emirates) 2017-12-01 Risk factors

    A discussion with theoretical and possible future research directions is provided and it is clear that the need is not only of longitudinal population studies and of better knowledge of epigenetics markers but, especially, of environmental policy interventions based on the green economy.

  12. Diesel engine exhaust accelerates plaque formation in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Particle and fibre toxicology 2017-08-30 Risk factors

    Inhalation exposure to DEE causes accelerated plaque formation and motor function impairment in 5XFAD transgenic mice.

  13. Effect of long-term exposure to air pollution on anxiety and depression in adults: A cross-sectional study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. International journal of hygiene and environmental health 2017-07-03 Risk factors

    Our study shows that increasing long-term exposure to air pollution may increase the odds of depression and the use of antidepressants and benzodiazepines.

  14. Clinical effects of air pollution on the central nervous system; a review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2017-05-18 Risk factors

    The purpose of this review is to describe recent clinical and epidemiological studies examining the adverse effects of urban air pollution on the central nervous system (CNS).

  15. Toll-like receptor 4 in glial inflammatory responses to air pollution in vitro and in vivo

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2017-04-14 Risk factors

    These results show TLR4 activation is integral in brain inflammatory responses to air pollution, and warrant further study of TLR4 in accelerated cognitive aging by air pollution.

  16. Traffic-related air pollution impact on mouse brain accelerates myelin and neuritic aging changes with specificity for CA1 neurons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2017-01-13 Risk factors

    Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is associated with lower cognition and reduced white matter volume in older adults, specifically for particulate matter <2.5-μm diameter (PM 2.5 ).

  17. Combustion-Derived Nanoparticles in Key Brain Target Cells and Organelles in Young Urbanites: Culprit Hidden in Plain Sight in Alzheimer's Disease Development

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2017-01-01 Risk factors

    Millions of children and young adults are exposed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone, associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk.

  18. Short-term association between environmental factors and hospital admissions due to dementia in Madrid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Environmental research 2016-10-27 Risk factors

    During the study period, there were 1175 DDE hospital admissions.

  19. Pesticides: an update of human exposure and toxicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Archives of toxicology 2016-10-08 Risk factors

    Pesticides are a family of compounds which have brought many benefits to mankind in the agricultural, industrial, and health areas, but their toxicities in both humans and animals have always been a concern.

  20. Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Highly Exposed PM2.5 Urbanites: The Risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases in Young Mexico City Residents

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2016-09-01 Risk factors

    Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) above US EPA standards is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk, while Mn toxicity induces parkinsonism.

  21. Effects of air pollution on human health and practical measures for prevention in Iran

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2016-09-01 Risk factors

    Air pollution is a major concern of new civilized world, which has a serious toxicological impact on human health and the environment.

  22. Pesticide exposure and risk of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Scientific reports 2016-09-01 Risk factors

    Evidence suggests that lifelong cumulative exposure to pesticides may generate lasting toxic effects on the central nervous system and contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

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  24. Blood cadmium levels and Alzheimer's disease mortality risk in older US adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Environmental health : a global access science source 2016-06-14 Risk factors

    We observed a significant association between blood cadmium levels and AD mortality among older adults in the US.

  25. Particulate Air Pollution and Fasting Blood Glucose in Nondiabetic Individuals: Associations and Epigenetic Mediation in the Normative Aging Study, 2000-2011

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Environmental health perspectives 2016-05-26 Risk factors

    Among nondiabetics, short- and medium-term PM2.5 were associated with higher FBG.

  26. Identification of chemicals that mimic transcriptional changes associated with autism, brain aging and neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Nature communications 2016-03-31 Risk factors

    Environmental factors, including pesticides, have been linked to autism and neurodegeneration risk using retrospective epidemiological studies.

  27. Long-Term Air Pollution and Traffic Noise Exposures and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Environmental health perspectives 2016-02-05 Risk factors

    Long-term exposures to air pollution and traffic noise were positively associated with MCI, mainly with the amnestic subtype.

  28. Millions of urban children are chronically exposed to high concentrations of air pollutants, i.e., fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone, associated with increased risk for Alzheimer's disease.

  29. Air pollution, a rising environmental risk factor for cognition, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration: The clinical impact on children and beyond

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Revue neurologique 2015-12-21 Risk factors

    Air pollution (indoors and outdoors) is a major issue in public health as epidemiological studies have highlighted its numerous detrimental health consequences (notably, respiratory and cardiovascular pathological conditions).

  30. Neurotoxicity of traffic-related air pollution

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neurotoxicology 2015-11-21 Risk factors

    The central nervous system is emerging as an important target for adverse health effects of air pollution, where it may contribute to neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders.

  31. Review of endocrine disorders associated with environmental toxicants and possible involved mechanisms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Life sciences 2015-10-21 Risk factors

    Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are released into environment from different sources.

  32. Organophosphate pesticide exposure and neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 2015-10-20 Risk factors

    Organophosphate pesticides (OPs) are used extensively throughout the world.

  33. Ambient air pollution and neurotoxicity on brain structure: Evidence from women's health initiative memory study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2015-07-28 Risk factors

    PM2.5 exposure may contribute to WM loss in older women.

  34. Olfactory deposition of inhaled nanoparticles in humans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Inhalation toxicology 2015-07-21 Risk factors

    In humans, olfactory dose of inhaled nanoparticles is highest for 1-2 nm particles with ∼1% of inhaled particles depositing in the olfactory region.

  35. Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Parkinson's Disease in Denmark: A Case-Control Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Environmental health perspectives 2015-07-07 Risk factors

    Our findings raise concerns about potential effects of air pollution from traffic and other sources on the risk of PD, particularly in populations with high or increasing exposures.

  36. Long-term PM2.5 Exposure and Neurological Hospital Admissions in the Northeastern United States

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Environmental health perspectives 2015-05-15 Risk factors

    We found strong evidence of association for all three outcomes.

  37. Association between air pollutants and dementia risk in the elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2015-05-14 Risk factors

    Long-term exposure to the highest tertile of PM10 or ozone was significantly associated with an increased risk of AD and VaD.

  38. Environmental pollutants as risk factors for neurodegenerative disorders: Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 2015-04-10 Risk factors

    Neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer (AD) and Parkinson (PD) have attracted attention in last decades due to their high incidence worldwide.

  39. Air pollution and children: neural and tight junction antibodies and combustion metals, the role of barrier breakdown and brain immunity in neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2015-01-01 Risk factors

    Millions of children are exposed to concentrations of air pollutants, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5), above safety standards.

  40. Decreases in Short Term Memory, IQ, and Altered Brain Metabolic Ratios in Urban Apolipoprotein ε4 Children Exposed to Air Pollution

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2015-01-01 Risk factors

    Children's urban air pollution exposures result in systemic and brain inflammation and the early hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  41. Ozone, particulate matter, and newly diagnosed Alzheimer's disease: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2015-01-01 Risk factors

    Several studies with animal research associate air pollution in Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology, but the actual impact of air pollution on the risk of AD is unknown.

  42. Role of environmental contaminants in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease: a review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2015-01-01 Risk factors

    Alzheimer's dis ease (AD) is a leading cause of mortality in the developed world with 70% risk attributable to genetics.

  43. Megacities air pollution problems: Mexico City Metropolitan Area critical issues on the central nervous system pediatric impact

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Environmental research 2014-12-23 Risk factors

    The chronic health effects associated with sustained exposures to high concentrations of air pollutants are an important issue for millions of megacity residents and millions more living in smaller urban and rural areas.

  44. Increased risk of dementia in patients exposed to nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide: a population-based retrospective cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. PloS one 2014-08-12 Risk factors

    The results of this large retrospective, population-based study indicate that exposure to NO2 and CO is associated with an increased risk of dementia in the Taiwanese population.

  45. Agent Orange exposure and disease prevalence in Korean Vietnam veterans: the Korean veterans health study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Environmental research 2014-06-04 Digital health tools

    Between 1961 and 1971, military herbicides were used by the United States and allied forces for military purposes.

  46. The influences of age on olfaction: a review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Frontiers in psychology 2014-02-07 Prevention and risk

    Decreased olfactory function is very common in the older population, being present in over half of those between the ages of 65 and 80 years and in over three quarters of those over the age of 80 years.

  47. Pesticides exposure as etiological factors of Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases--a mechanistic approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Toxicology letters 2014-02-03 Risk factors

    The etiology of most neurodegenerative disorders is multifactorial and consists of an interaction between environmental factors and genetic predisposition.

  48. Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Entropy 2013-04-18 Disease mechanisms

    Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup®, is the most popular herbicide used worldwide.

  49. Linking pesticide exposure and dementia: what is the evidence?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Toxicology 2013-02-14 Risk factors

    There has been a steep increase in the prevalence of dementia in recent decades, which has roughly followed an increase in pesticide use some decades earlier, a time when it is probable that current dementia patients could have been exposed to pesticides.

  50. Pesticides and human chronic diseases: evidences, mechanisms, and perspectives

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Toxicology and applied pharmacology 2013-02-09 Risk factors

    Along with the wide use of pesticides in the world, the concerns over their health impacts are rapidly growing.

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