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  1. Differential endothelial cell remodeling in Down syndrome and APP duplication drives distinct blood brain barrier dysfunction 2026-10-30
  2. Memory and Plasma pTau217 Refine Prognosis in Down Syndrome 2026-10-02
  3. Tau extent is associated with lower cognition in Down syndrome-related Alzheimer's disease 2026-10-01

Studies

534 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1975 to 2026

Top journals

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 21
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 20
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 15
  • Neurology 14
  • Neuroscience letters 14

239 journals in all.

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  1. The Down Alzheimer Barcelona Neuroimaging Initiative (DABNI): Ten Years of Progress in Understanding Alzheimer's in Down Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-12-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    The DABNI cohort included 1,135 participants with a mean age of 42.82 years (SD = 11.56), 46.3% of whom are female.

  2. Proteome Signature of Alzheimer-Like Phenotypes in Frontal Cortices From Young and Old Individuals With Down Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2025-11-21 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Down syndrome (DS) stands out as the most prevalent genetic contributor to intellectual disability, marked by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21 (HSA21).

  3. Common pathogenic mechanisms in the hippocampus across neurodegenerative dementias: Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, and Parkinson's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. NPJ dementia 2025-10-27 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    For these neurodegenerative dementias, we observed that the chronological age did not align with their biological age, which was determined based on hippocampal transcript levels (i.e., transcriptional age).

  4. Novel predictors of Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome identified using machine learning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2025-10-17 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    BackgroundMost adults with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to the triplication of the amyloid precursor protein in the 21 st chromosome.

  5. The joint association of obesity and physical activity on cognitive function in Down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2025-10-16 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    BackgroundLifetime incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Down syndrome (DS) exceeds 90%.

  6. Examination of metabolic syndrome in Down syndrome and association with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-10-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    The prevalence of MetS was low in adults with DS.

  7. Cross-Sectional FDG in Down Syndrome and Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2025-09-22 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    The patterns of FDG decline are distinct in these 2 genetically determined forms of AD.

  8. Exploring the relationship between epilepsy and neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Romanian Journal of Neurology 2025-09-21 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    A bidirectional relationship has been identified between dementia and epilepsy.

  9. Use of a Screening Tool for Dementia in a Down Syndrome Specialty Clinic

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 2025-09-09 Getting a diagnosis

    To study the use of a dementia screening tool in our clinic cohort of adults with Down syndrome.

  10. HSPA13 gene and microRNA-155: relationship between Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. Dementia & neuropsychologia 2025-09-05 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Gene dysregulation in trisomy 21 can cause disorders of genes that are members of the heat-shock proteins (HSPs) family and contribute to the early onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Down syndrome (DS).

  11. The Occurrence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Its Association With Alzheimer Dementia in Medicaid-Enrolled Adults With Down Syndrome, 2011-2019

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. American journal of medical genetics. Part A 2025-09-03 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Down syndrome is a condition caused by trisomy of chromosome 21 and is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability.

  12. Preliminary Investigation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Sleep 2025-07-23 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    This study provided a preliminary examination of indices of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and sleep disruptions in adults with Down syndrome (DS), and their associations with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology and symptomatology.

  13. Preliminary investigation of obstructive sleep apnea and Alzheimer's disease in down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society 2025-07-23 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    This study provided a preliminary examination of indices of obstructive sleep apsnea (OSA) and sleep disruptions in adults with Down syndrome (DS), and their associations with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology and symptomatology.

  14. Enhancing protein O-GlcNAcylation in down syndrome mice mitigates memory dysfunctions through the rescue of mitochondrial bioenergetics, stress responses and pathological markers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Redox biology 2025-07-16 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Disturbances of the single sugar modification of proteins, O-GlcNAc, have been identified as a potential connection between disrupted brain metabolism and intellectual decay.

  15. High‐frequency oscillations >250 Hz in people with Down syndrome and associated Alzheimer's disease dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-07-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Fourteen individuals with DS and five age-matched euploid controls were studied, with all DS cases showing HFOs.

  16. Proteomic analysis of Down syndrome cerebrospinal fluid compared to late-onset and autosomal dominant Alzheimer´s disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Nature communications 2025-07-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Almost all individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) by mid to late life.

  17. Unraveling the Genetic and Phenotypic Complexity of Down Syndrome from Trisomy 21 to Comorbid Conditions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 25 out of 100. International Journal of Genetics and Genomics 2025-06-03 Genetics

    Down syndrome (DS), caused by trisomy of chromosome 21, exhibits significant phenotypic variability, including intellectual disability, early-onset Alzheimer disease (AD), congenital heart defects (CHDs), haematological malignancies, and immune dysregulation.

  18. Alpha-synuclein co-pathology in Down syndrome-associated Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-06-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    These findings highlight LBP prevalence in DSAD but suggest current SAA may fail to detect limited αSyn deposition.

  19. Current advances and unmet needs in Alzheimer's disease trials for individuals with Down syndrome: Navigating new therapeutic frontiers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-06-01 Disease mechanisms

    Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have a genetically determined form of Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene dose effect.

  20. Discrepancies in assessing intellectual disability levels in adults with Down syndrome: Implications for dementia diagnosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-06-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Inter-rater agreement for ID level classification was 95% within sites but 60% between sites.

  21. Lipoprotein(a) levels in Down syndrome: A conundrum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-06-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Adults with DS may have unique neuro- and cardio- protective factors that deserve future investigation.

  22. The Down Alzheimer Barcelona Neuroimaging Initiative (DABNI) and its contributions to understanding Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome: A decade of discovery

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-06-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic form of Alzheimer's disease (AD) that offers crucial insights into AD pathogenesis.

  23. Modified Cued Recall Test: Longitudinal Analysis of Test Versions and Item Recall in Adults With Down Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR 2025-04-20 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Demonstrated utility of the mCRT warrants further investigation into comparisons between the A and B versions, free versus cued recall and changes in performance over time to better understand sensitivity for tracking memory decline over time based on age and AD clinical status.

  24. Mitochondrial Imbalance in Down Syndrome: A Driver of Accelerated Brain Aging?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Aging and disease 2025-04-06 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Down syndrome (DS), caused by trisomy of chromosome 21 (HSA21), is a complex condition associated with neurodevelopmental impairments and accelerated brain aging, often culminating in early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  25. Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease: Oxidative stress in the neurodegenerative process

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2025-04-03 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    BackgroundIndividuals with Down syndrome (DS) generally show neuropathological features of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  26. The striatum is an early, accurate indicator of amyloid burden using [11C]PiB in Down syndrome: Comparison of two radiotracers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-04-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Among adults with Down syndrome, the striatum consistently accumulates amyloid earlier than the cortex when measured with PiB.

  27. A head-to-head comparison of multiple amyloid PET radiotracers for Down syndrome clinical trials

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2025-03-19 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Adults with Down syndrome carry high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and efforts to include this population in clinical trials remain limited.

  28. Regional Brain Metabolism across the Alzheimer's Disease Continuum in Down Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2025-03-14 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    The brain metabolic decline in DS with age reflects Alzheimer's pathological processes and involves temporoparietal regions in a similar pattern to that found in other forms of AD.

  29. Calcineurin inhibition may prevent Alzheimer disease in people with Down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-03-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Virtually all people with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer disease pathology during their lifetime.

  30. The dependence of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons on NGF: The case in Alzheimer pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Handbook of clinical neurology 2025-01-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    This chapter discusses the dependency of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCNs) on endogenous nerve growth factor (NGF) for the structural and physiologic maintenance of the neuronal cell somata, axonal projections, and terminal synapses.

  31. Posterior Cortical Atrophy Due to Alzheimer Disease in a Person With Down Syndrome: A Case Report

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Neurology 2024-12-17 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    This well-characterized case of PCA syndrome due to AD in a very young patient with DS demonstrates the occurrence of atypical presentations in DS that might be overshadowed by the baseline intellectual disability associated with DS.

  32. The striatum is an early, accurate indicator of amyloid burden using [11C]PiB in Down syndrome: comparison of two radiotracers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-12-06 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Adults with Down syndrome demonstrate striatum-first amyloid accumulation with [ 11 C]PiB PET imaging, which has not been replicated with [ 18 F]florbetapir (FBP).

  33. Understanding perspectives and research trends in Down syndrome neuropathogenesis: A bibliometric analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 30 out of 100. Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID 2024-11-13 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Down syndrome (DS), characterised by compromised brain development and intellectual challenges, often manifests Alzheimer's disease (AD) -like symptoms.

  34. The Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis: A Conclusion in Search of Support

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. The American journal of pathology 2024-11-10 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    The amyloid cascade hypothesis as the etiological underpinning of Alzheimer disease (AD) is supported by a large body of literature, the most influential of which are genetic studies of the 1980s and 1990s. Other evidence includes the neuropathology of Down syndrome, apparent toxicity of oligomeric amyloid-β (Aβ), interactions with apolipoprotein E, and the analogy of cardiac amyloidosis.

  35. The effects of mosaicism on biological and clinical markers of Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. EBioMedicine 2024-11-04 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    For both cohorts, the prevalence of mosaicism was 40 and Aβ 42 concentrations.

  36. [Alzheimer's dementia in people with Down syndrome : Results of guideline-assisted expert interviews on healthcare deficits in the diagnostics and treatment as well as solution approaches]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie 2024-10-09 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    The identified deficits in the medical care of the target population and the approaches to solving them will be incorporated into the development of health policy recommendations in order to optimize the care situation of those affected in the long term.

  37. Association of plasma neurofilament light chain with microstructural white matter changes in Down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-10-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Early increases in plasma NfL may reflect early white matter microstructural changes prior to dementia in DS.

  38. Lecanemab and Vascular-Amyloid Deposition in Brains of People With Down Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2024-10-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    These findings suggest significant binding of lecanemab to cerebral amyloid angiopathy in DS.

  39. Brain insulin resistance in Down syndrome: Involvement of PI3K-Akt/mTOR axis in early-onset of Alzheimer's disease and its potential as a therapeutic target

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2024-09-17 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of intellectual impairment, characterised by an extra copy of chromosome 21.

  40. Alzheimer Dementia Among Individuals With Down Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. JAMA network open 2024-09-03 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    There were 132 720 unique adults with Down syndrome from 2011 to 2019: 79 578 (53.2%) were male, 17 090 (11.7%) were non-Hispanic Black, 20 777 (15.7%) were Hispanic, 101 120 (68.8%) were non-Hispanic White, and 47 692 (23.3%) had ever had an Alzheimer dementia diagnosis.

  41. Amyloid age and tau PET timeline to symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2024-08-09 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Adults with Down syndrome (DS) are at risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

  42. Reduction in neurons immunoreactive for calcium-binding proteins in the anteroventral thalamic nuclei of individuals with Down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Neuroscience 2024-08-08 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    The anterior thalamic nuclei are important for cognition, and memory in particular.

  43. Associations of Microbleeds and Their Topography With Imaging and CSF Biomarkers of Alzheimer Pathology in Individuals With Down Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurology 2024-07-29 Biomarkers

    Individuals with DS were more likely to have microbleeds than controls (20% vs 8.9%, p 60 years) and AD clinical stage (12.42% asymptomatic, 27.9% prodromal, 35.09% dementia) were more common in APOE ε4 carriers (26% vs 18.3% noncarriers, p = 0.008), but not associated with vascular risk factors ( p > 0.05).

  44. A combination of long- and short-read genomics reveals frequent p-arm breakpoints within chromosome 21 complex genomic rearrangements

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Genetics in medicine open 2024-06-28 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Our results provide further insights into the architecture and underlying mechanisms of complex rearrangements on acrocentric chromosomes.

  45. Assessing amyloid PET positivity and cognitive function in Down syndrome to guide clinical trials targeting amyloid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-06-28 Biomarkers

    These findings emphasize the necessity of tailoring mAb trials for DS, considering age-related AD characteristics.

  46. Dementia in Rare Genetic Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Literature Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Neurology 2024-05-17 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Currently available literature shows limited information on aging in RGNDs, with relatively many reports of young-onset dementia.

  47. Shaping down syndrome brain cognitive and molecular changes due to aging using adult animals from the Ts66Yah murine model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2024-05-04 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Down syndrome (DS) is the most common condition with intellectual disability and is caused by trisomy of Homo sapiens chromosome 21 (HSA21).

  48. Comparison of tau spread in people with Down syndrome versus autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease: a cross-sectional study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2024-05-01 Biomarkers

    Across the brain, people with Down syndrome had greater concentrations of tau for a given level of amyloid compared with people with autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease.

  49. A disease similarity approach identifies short-lived Niemann-Pick type C disease mice with accelerated brain aging as a novel mouse model for Alzheimer’s disease and aging research

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv 2024-04-23 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Since its first description in 1906 by Dr. Alois Alzheimer, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been the most common type of dementia.

  50. Cryo-EM structures of amyloid-β and tau filaments in Down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Nature structural & molecular biology 2024-03-29 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Adult individuals with Down syndrome (DS) develop Alzheimer disease (AD).

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