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Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0). Tap a score to see what makes it up.

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  1. 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.

  2. The amyloid beta 42/38 ratio as a plasma biomarker of early memory deficits in cognitively unimpaired older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2024-09-03 Biomarkers

    The amyloid beta (Aβ) 42/40 ratio has been widely studied as a biomarker in Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, other Aβ peptides could also represent relevant biomarkers.

  3. [Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease: Current Status and Prospects]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo 2024-09 Biomarkers

    Blood biomarkers are minimally invasive, are available at a relatively low cost, and are easily accessible; therefore, they are expected to play a pivotal role in the diagnosis of dementia.

  4. 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.

  5. Multimodal Retinal Imaging Classification for Parkinson's Disease Using a Convolutional Neural Network

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Translational vision science & technology 2024-08-01 Brain scans and imaging

    In total, 371 eyes of 249 control subjects and 75 eyes of 52 PD subjects were used for training, validation, and testing.

  6. 18F-Flortaucipir (AV1451) imaging identifies grey matter atrophy in retired athletes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of neurology 2024-07-22 Brain scans and imaging

    47 retired contact sport athletes negative for AD (age:51 ± 14; concussions/athlete:15 ± 2) and 54 normal controls (age:50 ± 13) were included.

  7. The Inflammasome Adaptor Protein ASC in Plasma as a Biomarker of Early Cognitive Changes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2024-07-16 Biomarkers

    Dementia is a group of symptoms including memory loss, language difficulties, and other types of cognitive and functional impairments that affects 57 million people worldwide, with the incidence expected to double by 2040.

  8. 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.

  9. Tau, Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, and Neurofilament Light Chain as Brain Protein Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood for Diagnosis of Neurobiological Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2024-06-07 Biomarkers

    Neurological damage is the pathological substrate of permanent disability in various neurodegenerative disorders.

  10. Novel Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Neurofilament Light and Cerebrospinal Fluid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of Alzheimer's disease 2024-05-15 Biomarkers

    Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) represent an increasingly significant public health concern.

  11. 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).

  12. Cerebrospinal fluid synaptic biomarker changes in bipolar disorder - A longitudinal case-control study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of affective disorders 2024-05-07 Tau biomarkers

    The synaptic proteins revealed no statistically significant differences between BD and HC, neither at baseline, one-year follow-up, or in terms of changes from baseline to follow-up.

  13. Plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's and related dementias: A review and outlook for clinical neuropsychology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 2024-04-24 Biomarkers

    Recent technological advances have improved the sensitivity and specificity of blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

  14. 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.

  15. Automatic offline-capable smartphone paper-based microfluidic device for efficient biomarker detection of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Analytica chimica acta 2024-04-06 Cognitive tests and assessment

    This paper introduces a new deep learning-assisted offline smartphone platform for early AD screening, offering rapid disease detection in low-resource areas.

  16. Evaluating p-tau217 and p-tau231 as Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis and Differentiation of Alzheimer's Disease: A Narrative Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biomedicines 2024-04-03 Biomarkers

    The escalating prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) highlights the urgent need to develop reliable biomarkers for early diagnosis and intervention.

  17. 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.

  18. Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: Towards accuracy and accessibility

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of biological methods 2024-03-18 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a serious dementia afflicting aging population and is characterized by cognitive decline, amyloid-β plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles.

  19. Palladium nanoballs coupled with smartphone-thermal reader for photothermal lateral flow immunoassay of Aβ 1-40

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of materials chemistry. B 2024-03-06 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Amyloid beta 1-40 (Aβ 1-40) is one of the most abundant substances in the body with the capacity to form insoluble aggregates and is a universal biomarker for the prediction of Alzheimer's disease.

  20. The levels of p-tau217 and p-tau231 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are associated with early amyloid beta (Aß) changes in the brain, while the CSF levels of p-tau205 are foremost related to tau pathology in the later stages of the disease.

  21. Considerations for Use of Blood-Based Biomarkers in Epidemiologic Dementia Research

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. American journal of epidemiology 2024-02-05 Biomarkers

    Dementia represents a growing public health burden with large social, racial, and ethnic disparities.

  22. Combining Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein and Neurofilament Light Chain for the Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Analytical chemistry 2024-01-17 Biomarkers

    Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent brain disorder affecting more than 2% of the world's population.

  23. Plasma Phosphorylated Tau 231 Increases at One-Year Intervals in Cognitively Unimpaired Subjects

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

    Plasma p-tau231 showed a significant rate of change over time.

  24. A Decade of Protecting Progress: Ethics Review

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

    Ethics Review began a decade ago with a mission to identify ethical concerns that hold back innovation and to promote solutions that would move the field forward.

  25. Blood-Based Biomarkers for Early Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis in Real-World Settings

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2024 Cognitive tests and assessment

    As our knowledge about the biology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) expands and we recognize the significance of early intervention for effective treatment, there is a shift in focus toward detecting the disease at an early stage.

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