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  1. Serum neurofilament light chain and inflammatory cytokines as biomarkers for early detection of mild cognitive impairment 2024-04-20
  2. Serum neurofilament indicates accelerated neurodegeneration and predicts mortality in late-stage Parkinson's disease 2024-01-09
  3. Serum neurofilament light chain as a surrogate of cognitive decline in sporadic and familial frontotemporal dementia 2021-09-03

Studies

7 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2019 to 2024

Top journals

  • Alzheimer's research & therapy 1
  • European journal of neurology 1
  • Journal of neurology 1
  • Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 1
  • Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 1

7 journals in all.

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  1. Serum neurofilament light chain and inflammatory cytokines as biomarkers for early detection of mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Scientific reports 2024-04-20 Biomarkers

    To investigate the association between serum neurofilament light chain (NfL) levels, inflammatory cytokines, and cognitive function to assess their utility in the early detection of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

  2. Serum neurofilament indicates accelerated neurodegeneration and predicts mortality in late-stage Parkinson's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. NPJ Parkinson's disease 2024-01-09 Biomarkers

    Different stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) are defined by clinical criteria, while late-stage PD is marked by the onset of morbidity milestones and rapid clinical deterioration.

  3. Serum neurofilament light chain as a surrogate of cognitive decline in sporadic and familial frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. European journal of neurology 2021-09-03 Biomarkers

    Our findings highlight the potential of serum NfL as a useful surrogate end point of disease severity in upcoming targeted treatments.

  4. Comparison of CSF and serum neurofilament light and heavy chain as differential diagnostic biomarkers for ALS

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2021-08-20 Biomarkers

    Our results demonstrate that CSF NfL and NfH as well as serum NfL are equally suited for the differential diagnosis of ALS, whereas serum NfH appears to be slightly less potent.

  5. CSF or serum neurofilament light added to α-Synuclein panel discriminates Parkinson's from controls

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2019-11-18 Biomarkers

    CSF neurofilament contributes to a panel of CSF α-synuclein species in differentiating PD patients from healthy controls.

  6. Serum neurofilament light chain is a discriminative biomarker between frontotemporal lobar degeneration and primary psychiatric disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Journal of neurology 2019-10-08 Biomarkers

    Due to the significant clinical overlap between frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) spectrum disorders and late-onset primary psychiatric disorders (PPD), diagnostic biomarkers reflecting the different underlying pathophysiologies are urgently needed.

  7. Longitudinal measurement of serum neurofilament light in presymptomatic familial Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2019-02-20 Biomarkers

    There is evidence that serum NfL is increased more than a decade before the onset of clinical symptoms in FAD and rises thereafter.

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