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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.

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  1. Retinal biomarkers and dementia risk: A review of evidence across the 14 Lancet modifiable risk factors for dementia

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. PsyArXiv 2026-10-22 Brain scans and imaging

    As the only central nervous system tissue that can be directly imaged non-invasively using widely available technology, the retina offers a uniquely accessible window into the brain.

  2. Multimodal Retinal Imaging for the Detection of Early Alzheimer’s Disease: Combining Biochemical, Structural, and Vascular Biomarkers

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Preprints.org 2026-08-17 Brain scans and imaging

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology is increasingly recognized to manifest in the retina, offering a non-invasive window for early biomarker discovery.

  3. Electroretinography as a Noninvasive Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Older Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-07-30 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Irrespective of ERG modality, ADRD was consistently associated with retinal dysfunction marked by impaired synaptic transmission and delayed neural processing across retinal circuits.

  4. Neurovascular Outer Retinal Degeneration in Presymptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease: An Oculomic Biomarker Study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-07-15 Biomarkers

    These findings demonstrate spatially concordant vascular and neuronal degeneration in the outer retina in preclinical AD.

  5. Association of plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein and neurofilament light chain with retinal cell layer thickness: A cross-sectional study of ophthalmic surgical patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2026-05-30 Biomarkers

    BackgroundRetinal thickness has been associated with neurocognitive conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).ObjectiveRetinal cell layer thickness was evaluated for associations with neurodegenerative protein biomarkers glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament light chain (NfL) in plasma, vitreous humor, and aqueous humor.

  6. Small palpebral fissure as a significant risk factor for glaucoma surgery failure

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-05-28 Risk factors

    Small palpebral fissure is an independent and previously unnoticed risk factor for glaucoma surgical failure, affecting both minimally invasive and filtration procedures.

  7. Glymphatic transport and ocular diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Progress in retinal and eye research 2025-12-23 Brain scans and imaging

    The high metabolic demand of retinal neurons requires tightly regulated mechanisms to maintain homeostasis and ensure the efficient clearance of metabolic waste and excess water.

  8. Assessing outer retinal and choroidal changes in scd: potential for high-risk screening using SS-OCTA

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Translational psychiatry 2025-11-29 Brain scans and imaging

    Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) serves as an initial symptom of preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  9. Using retinal diagnostics as a biomarker for neurodegenerative diseases: protocol for a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. BMJ open 2025-11-13 Brain scans and imaging

    A narrative synthesis approach will be used to analyse the results, with meta-analysis performed if there is sufficient data.

  10. Cognition-Eye-Brain Connection in Alzheimer's Disease Spectrum Revealed by Multimodal Imaging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2025-06-29 Brain scans and imaging

    Reductions of FALFF in temporal regions, especially the left superior temporal gyrus (STG) in MCI patients, were linked to decreased RNFL thickness and increased FAZ area significantly.

  11. Retinal optical coherence tomography angiography imaging in population studies for study of microvascular dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-06 Brain scans and imaging

    Intergrader agreements for overall 3 × 3 mm image quality and quantitative assessment of VD and FAZ ranged between 71% and 87% (52 images).

  12. Multimodal photoacoustic microscopy and optical coherence tomography ocular biomarker imaging in Alzheimer's disease in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biomedical optics express 2024-10-11 Brain scans and imaging

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by amyloid beta (Aβ)-containing extracellular plaques and tau-containing intracellular neurofibrillary tangles.

  13. Associations between vision impairment and eye diseases with dementia, dementia subtypes and cognitive impairment: An umbrella review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 86 out of 100. Ageing research reviews 2024-10-05 Risk factors

    Vision impairment (VI) and eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), glaucoma and cataract have been reported to be associated with cognitive impairment and dementia, however, to date, very little attempt has been made to collate and synthesizes such literature.

  14. Hyperspectral retinal imaging in Alzheimer's disease and age-related macular degeneration: a review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica communications 2024-10-03 Brain scans and imaging

    While Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases have traditionally been viewed as brain disorders, there is growing evidence indicating their manifestation in the eyes as well.

  15. Transport of β-amyloid from brain to eye causes retinal degeneration in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The Journal of experimental medicine 2024-09-24 Brain scans and imaging

    The eye is closely connected to the brain, providing a unique window to detect pathological changes in the brain.

  16. Value proposition of retinal imaging in Alzheimer's disease screening: A review of eight evolving trends

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Progress in retinal and eye research 2024-08-22 Brain scans and imaging

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia worldwide.

  17. Diagnostic performance of light reflex pupillometry in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-07-31 Cognitive tests and assessment

    HIGHLIGHTS: We demonstrated the diagnostic performance of qLRP in Alzheimer's disease.

  18. OCTA: Essential or Gimmick?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Ophthalmology and therapy 2024-07-06 Brain scans and imaging

    This commentary article delves into the transformative role of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in diagnosing and managing a wide array of eye conditions, including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusions, and white dot syndromes.

  19. Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology in the Retina

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Progress in retinal and eye research 2024-05-15 Brain scans and imaging

    The retina is an emerging CNS target for potential noninvasive diagnosis and tracking of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  20. Choriocapillaris reduction accurately discriminates against early-onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-05-15 Biomarkers

    Both cohorts revealed diminished choriocapillaris signals, demonstrating the highest discriminatory capability (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve: SS-OCTA 0.913, SD-OCTA 0.991; P < 0.001).

  21. Tear biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Advances in clinical chemistry 2024-04-11 Brain scans and imaging

    An extensive exploration of lacrimal fluid molecular biomarkers in understanding and diagnosing a spectrum of ocular and systemic diseases is presented.

  22. Normal-Tension Glaucoma and Potential Clinical Links to Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of clinical medicine 2024-03-27 Brain scans and imaging

    Glaucoma is a group of optic neuropathies and the world's leading cause of irreversible blindness.

  23. Ocular biomarkers of cognitive decline based on deep-learning retinal vessel segmentation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2024-01-06 Brain scans and imaging

    The fractal dimension (FD) and global vein width were significantly correlated with the CI (P < 0.05).

  24. Beyond Vision: A View from Eye to Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2024 Brain scans and imaging

    With the aging of the global population, the health care burden of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia is considered to increase dramatically in the coming decades.

  25. Hyperspectral Retinal Imaging as a Non-Invasive Marker to Determine Brain Amyloid Status

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024 Brain scans and imaging

    The retinal reflectance spectra in the 450-585 nm wavelengths exhibited a significant difference in individuals with increasing brain amyloid.

  26. Retinal microvasculature and incident dementia over 10 years: The Three-City-Alienor cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 73 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2023-10-22 Brain scans and imaging

    One hundred twenty-eight participants (21.9%) developed dementia over a median of 7.1 years.

  27. Retina Oculomics in Neurodegenerative Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Annals of biomedical engineering 2023-10-19 Brain scans and imaging

    Ophthalmic biomarkers have long played a critical role in diagnosing and managing ocular diseases.

  28. Development of a three-dimensional organoid model to explore early retinal phenotypes associated with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Scientific reports 2023-08-24 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of Aβ plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, resulting in synaptic loss and neurodegeneration.

  29. Racially fair pupillometry measurements for RGB smartphone cameras using the far red spectrum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Scientific reports 2023-08-24 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Pupillometry is a measurement of pupil dilation commonly performed as part of neurological assessments.

  30. Associations of inner retinal layers with risk of incident dementia: An individual participant data analysis of four prospective cohort studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 86 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023-08-08 Brain scans and imaging

    General baseline characteristics of the study population were mean (standard deviation) age, 58.1 (8.8) years; 47% women.

  31. Objectively Measured Visual Impairment and Dementia Prevalence in Older Adults in the US

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. JAMA ophthalmology 2023-08-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In this survey study, all types of objectively measured VI were associated with a higher dementia prevalence.

  32. Optical Coherence Tomography Assessment of Macular Thickness in Alzheimer's Dementia with Different Neuropsychological Severities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of personalized medicine 2023-07-10 Brain scans and imaging

    This retrospective case-control study aimed to investigate associations between disease severity of Alzheimer's dementia (AD) and macular thickness.

  33. Optical coherence tomography angiography in neuro-ophthalmology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current opinion in ophthalmology 2023-04-18 Brain scans and imaging

    Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a novel, noninvasive imaging technique, which provides depth resolved visualization of microvasculature of the retina and choroid.

  34. Retinal imaging in animal models: Searching for biomarkers of neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in ophthalmology 2023-04-06 Brain scans and imaging

    There is a pressing need for novel diagnostic and progression biomarkers of neurodegeneration.

  35. The Eye as a Diagnostic Tool for Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Life (Basel, Switzerland) 2023-03-08 Brain scans and imaging

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder impacting cognition, function, and behavior in the elderly population.

  36. Conjunctival microcirculation in ocular and systemic microvascular disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Clinical & experimental optometry 2023-01-15 Brain scans and imaging

    The conjunctival microcirculation is an accessible complex network of micro vessels whose quantitative assessment can reveal microvascular haemodynamic properties.

  37. Optical coherence tomography and angiography in Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. European journal of ophthalmology 2023-01-09 Brain scans and imaging

    Ninety-one eyes of AD patients and 53 eyes of patients with other dementias were included.

  38. Retinal Functional and Structural Neural Indices: Potential Biomarkers for the Monitoring of Cerebral Neurodegeneration: The Maastricht Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 Prevention and risk

    Most risk factors under study (i.e., hyperglycemia, unhealthy diet, lower cardiorespiratory fitness, smoking, alcohol consumption, and hypertension) were significantly associated with lower retinal sensitivity and lower RNFL thickness.

  39. Visual disorders and driving ability in persons with dementia: A mini review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in human neuroscience 2022-11-29 Risk factors

    There is consistent evidence that dementia affects driving ability.

  40. Association of cognitive function with Neurofilament light chain in the aqueous humor of human eye

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2022-11-03 Biomarkers

    NfL, Aβ40, Aβ42, GFAP, and p-tau181 were detected in all AH samples by Simoa platform.

  41. Imaging of the optic nerve: technological advances and future prospects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2022-09-22 Brain scans and imaging

    Over the past decade, ocular imaging strategies have greatly advanced the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with optic neuropathies.

  42. A literature review of hypertensive retinopathy: systemic correlations and new technologies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences 2022-09 Brain scans and imaging

    HR signs have a significative association with cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and other systemic diseases.

  43. Stage-independent biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease from the living retina: an animal study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Scientific reports 2022-08-11 Brain scans and imaging

    The early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders is still an open issue despite the many efforts to address this problem.

  44. Alzheimer's Disease Seen through the Eye: Ocular Alterations and Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2022-02-24 Brain scans and imaging

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is one of the main neurodegenerative diseases worldwide.

  45. Vision impairment and cognitive decline among older adults: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. BMJ open 2022-01-06 Risk factors

    Our systematic review indicates that a majority of studies examining the vision-cognition relationship report that VI is associated with more cognitive decline, cognitive impairment or dementia among older adults.

  46. Alterations in Retinal Signaling Across Age and Sex in 3xTg Alzheimer's Disease Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Brain scans and imaging

    3xTg mice exhibited nuanced deficits in RGC electrical signaling, axonal transport, and synaptic integrity that exceeded normal age-related decrements in RGC function in age- and sex-matched healthy control mice.

  47. Noninvasive Antemortem Detection of Retinal Prions by a Fluorescent Tracer

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Brain scans and imaging

    We report that by early prion disease (50% timepoint), discrete fluorescent foci appeared adjacent to the optic disc.

  48. Retinal Examinations Provides Early Warning of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Brain scans and imaging

    Patients with Alzheimer's disease have difficulty maintaining independent living abilities as the disease progresses, causing an increased burden of care on family caregivers and the healthcare system and related financial strain.

  49. The New Era of Retinal Imaging in Hypertensive Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Asia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2022 Brain scans and imaging

    Structural and functional alterations in the microcirculation by systemic hypertension can cause significant organ damage at the eye, heart, brain, and kidneys.

  50. The Parietal Lobe in Alzheimer's Disease and Blindness

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Risk factors

    The progressive aging of the population will notably increase the burden of those diseases which leads to a disabling situation, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and ophthalmological diseases that cause a visual impairment (VI).

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