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  1. Serum phosphorylated tau 217 in GBA1 variant carriers with and without Parkinson disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of Parkinson's disease 2026-01-22 Biomarkers

    It is unclear whether Alzheimer disease pathology drives cognitive decline in Parkinson disease (PD) patients carrying GBA1 variants.

  2. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder pathologically characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles of hyperphosphorylated tau in the brain.

  3. Practical brain MRI guidelines for anti-Aβ antibody treatment in early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Japanese journal of radiology 2025-04-23 Treatments

    These guidelines facilitate the accurate diagnosis and effective management of ARIA; ensure the safe administration of anti-Aβ drugs; and provide a framework for MRI facilities, includes staffing requirements and the use of MRI management systems.

  4. Alzheimer's disease neuropathology and its estimation with fluid and imaging biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2025-03-14 Biomarkers

    In summary, specific biomarkers for AD-related pathologies allow accurate clinical diagnosis of AD based on pathobiological parameters.

  5. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Clinical Presentation, Sequelae and Neuroimaging Features-An Update

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Biomedicines 2025-03-01 Treatments

    The prevalence of cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) has been shown to increase with age, with rates reported to be around 50-60% in individuals over 80 years old who have cognitive impairment.

  6. Challenges in the practical implementation of blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The lancet. Healthy longevity 2024-10-03 Biomarkers

    Blood biomarkers have emerged as accessible, cost-effective, and highly promising tools for advancing the diagnostics of Alzheimer's disease.

  7. Alzheimer's disease biomarkers and their current use in clinical research and practice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2024-09-04 Biomarkers

    While blood-based tests are readily available for various conditions, including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and common cancers, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases lack an early blood-based screening test that can be used in primary care.

  8. P-tau217 as a Reliable Blood-Based Marker of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Biomedicines 2024-08-13 Biomarkers

    Amyloid plaques and tau tangles are the hallmark pathologic features of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  9. Recent advancements in Alzheimer's disease treatment have focused on the elimination of amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaque, a hallmark of the disease.

  10. BBBO was achieved in 5 out of 6 subjects with an average volume of 983±626 mm 3 following FUS at the right frontal lobe both in white and gray matter regions.

  11. Blood-based biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease: Future directions for implementation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2023-12-04 Biomarkers

    Current diagnostic pathways are heterogeneous, meaning many AD patients are missed while low-risk patients undergo unnecessary procedures.

  12. Plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 and phospho-tau217 concentration ratios increase the accuracy of amyloid PET classification in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023-11-06 Biomarkers

    Including plasma p-tau217/np-tau217 along with Aβ42/Aβ40 in predictive algorithms may streamline screening preclinical individuals into anti-amyloid clinical trials.

  13. Correlation studies of Hippocampal Morphometry and Plasma NFL Levels in Cognitively Unimpaired Subjects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. IEEE transactions on computational social systems 2023-11-06 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease(AD) is being the burden of society and family.

  14. Clinical considerations in early-onset cerebral amyloid angiopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2023-10-03 Vascular contributions

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is an important cerebral small vessel disease associated with brain haemorrhage and cognitive change.

  15. Translating blood biomarkers into clinical practice for Alzheimer's disease: Challenges and perspectives

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023-05-23 Biomarkers

    Early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in clinical practice is urgent with advances in AD treatment.

  16. Plasma ATN(I) classification and precision pharmacology in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023-04-20 Biomarkers

    Evaluating potential therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) depends on use of biomarkers for appropriate subject selection and monitoring disease progression.

  17. Predicting continuous amyloid PET values with CSF and plasma Aβ42/Aβ40

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2023-03-02 Brain scans and imaging

    Most participants were cognitively normal (427 of 491 [87%]) and the mean age was 69.0 ± 8.8 years.

  18. LATE-NC staging in routine neuropathologic diagnosis: an update

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2022-12-13 Brain tissue and pathology

    An international consensus report in 2019 recommended a classification system for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic changes (LATE-NC).

  19. Is plasma amyloid-β 1-42/1-40 a better biomarker for Alzheimer's disease than AβX-42/X-40?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Fluids and barriers of the CNS 2022-12-03 Biomarkers

    The median Aβ1-42/1-40 ratio was 20.86% lower in amyloid-positive subjects than in the amyloid-negative group, while the median AβX-42/X-40 ratio was only 15.56% lower.

  20. Clinical performance and robustness evaluation of plasma amyloid-β42/40 prescreening

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2022-09-23 Biomarkers

    Elecsys plasma Aβ42 /Aβ40 could potentially rule out amyloid pathology in populations with low-to-moderate amyloid positivity prevalence.

  21. 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.

  22. Alzheimer's disease, cerebrovascular disease and dementia: lump, split or integrate?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2022-08-27 Vascular contributions

    This scientific commentary refers to ‘Cerebral amyloid angiopathy interacts with neuritic amyloid plaques to promote tau and cognitive decline’ by Rabin et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac178).

  23. Olfactory Bulb Amyloid-β Correlates With Brain Thal Amyloid Phase and Severity of Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2022-07-19 Clinical trials

    The Alzheimer disease (AD) neuropathological hallmarks amyloid β (Aβ) and tau neurofibrillary (NF) pathology have been reported in the olfactory bulb (OB) in aging and in different neurodegenerative diseases, which coincides with frequently reported olfactory dysfunction in these conditions.

  24. Automated semi-quantitative amyloid PET analysis technique without MR images for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Annals of nuclear medicine 2022-07-11 Brain scans and imaging

    SUVr calculated by our method and CortexID were highly correlated (R2 = 0.9657).

  25. 18F-MK-6240 tau-PET in genetic frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2022-06-03 Brain scans and imaging

    Tau is one of several proteins associated with frontotemporal dementia.

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