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  1. What Do Sugar, Gila Monsters, and the Therapeutic Dance Have in Common With GLP-1RA, Stroke, and Dementia? 2026-09-25
  2. Myo-inositol as a spectroscopic marker of neuroinflammation in frontotemporal lobar degeneration 2026-09-20
  3. Laromestrocel preserves brain volume and cognitive function in Alzheimers disease by inhibiting neuroinflammation 2026-09-17

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1,157 studies carry this tag.

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1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • The Journal of biological chemistry 109
  • The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 42
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 39
  • Neuron 28
  • Nature 23

363 journals in all.

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  1. What Do Sugar, Gila Monsters, and the Therapeutic Dance Have in Common With GLP-1RA, Stroke, and Dementia?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Neurology Genetics 2026-09-25 Drug development

    Mary Poppins famously asserted that "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down," but this bon mot is likely wrong in almost every way.

  2. Myo-inositol as a spectroscopic marker of neuroinflammation in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-20 Biomarkers

    We focus on neuroinflammation in disorders associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD).

  3. Laromestrocel preserves brain volume and cognitive function in Alzheimers disease by inhibiting neuroinflammation

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-17 Biomarkers

    Neuroinflammation is a principal driver of brain atrophy and cognitive decline in Alzheimers disease (AD).

  4. Altered Membrane Protein Abundance in the Cerebral Cortex of the JNPL3 Mouse Model of Tauopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. Journal of Proteome Research 2026-09-16 Disease mechanisms

    In addition, we found sex-associated changes in the abundances of several proteins previously reported to be involved in tau pathology, such as Reelin, DARPP-32, Zyxin, Tbce, and Gng5, in JNPL3 mice.

  5. Pharmacological modulation of cGAS-STING-NLRP3 signaling by nano-immunomodulators in Alzheimer and Parkinson disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 29 out of 100. Inflammopharmacology 2026-09-15 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The review further discusses AI-driven nanomedicine optimization and advanced human-relevant models, including brain-on-a-chip systems and three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting, as tools to improve translational prediction.

  6. The APOL1 protective M1 modifier occurs exclusively with the KIK protein haplotype to suppress channel conductance

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-15 Risk genes beyond APOE

    IntroductionGenetic studies have shown the APOL1 variant p.N264K, also called M1, is associated with markedly lower kidney disease risk when co-inherited with the G2-risk allele.

  7. Ibuprofen modulates inflammatory and autophagy-associated pathways linked to neurodegenerative pathology in APOE-context-dependent cellular models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Journal of Neuroinflammation 2026-09-09 Genetics

    The onset and sustenance of Alzheimers and Parkinsons is solely dependent on the driving power of the immune cytokine interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), arising from neuronal distress and release of sAPPα, which activates microglia for synthesis and release of IL-1β driving synthesis of βAPP, Aβ plaques and synthesis and activation of MAPKp38 for phosphorylation of tau for neurofibrillary tangle formation in Alzheimers and for a-synuclein for formation of Lewy bodies in Parkinsons.

  8. Adult-onset hippocampal α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor loss rapidly drives Alzheimer-like neuropathology in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Frontiers in Pharmacology 2026-09-07 Genetics

    The knockdown of α7 nAChR in the hippocampus of adult mice rapidly induced cognitive deficits, impairments in learning and memory, and led to the increase of amyloid-β levels, Tau protein aggregation, neuronal damage, and the activation of astrocytes and microglia.

  9. Integrative multi-omics QTL colocalization maps regulatory architecture in aging human brain

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-04 Genetics

    Multi-trait QTL (xQTL) colocalization has shown great promises in identifying causal variants with shared genetic etiology across multiple molecular modalities, contexts, and complex diseases.

  10. MAPT splicing modulators reduce 4R tau and rescue tauopathy phenotypes in human neurons and in a mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Science Translational Medicine 2026-08-19 Disease mechanisms

    Tauopathies are neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the pathological accumulation of microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) in the brain.

  11. Stress-Specific Mitochondrial Reserve as a Candidate Modifier of Lipid-Driven Synaptic Failure in Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026-08-08 Treatments

    A recent randomized trial demonstrated clear cerebrospinal-fluid DHA target engagement without detectable improvement in cognition or brain volume over 24 months.

  12. Stress-Specific Mitochondrial Reserve as a Candidate Modifier of Lipid-Driven Synaptic Failure in Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026-08-08 Treatments

    A recent randomized trial demonstrated clear cerebrospinal-fluid DHA target engagement without detectable improvement in cognition or brain volume over 24 months.

  13. Antemortem α-Synuclein levels from neuron-derived extracellular vesicles identify Lewy Body pathology in Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer Disease

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-08-05 Tau biomarkers

    These aggregated proteins contribute to the pathological and clinical heterogeneity of AD and are associated with a more rapid progression.

  14. TDP-43 proteinopathies encompass frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 pathology (FTLD-TDP), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS-TDP), and limbic predominant age related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathological change (LATE-NC).

  15. Patient‐derived forebrain cortical organoids reveal biphasic tau–MAP6–microtubule axis dysfunction in tauopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2026-07-01 Disease mechanisms

    Early-phase tau mutant organoids showed elevated tau, hyperdynamic microtubules, and neuronal hyperexcitability, partially reversible by tau reduction.

  16. PDE4A knockdown rescues alcohol-induced cognitive impairment and synaptic dysfunction via the cAMP/PKA/CREB pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 2026-07-01 Disease mechanisms

    This study demonstrated that selectively targeting PDE4A rescued cognitive and neuropathological deficits in a validated mouse model of AlD.

  17. Human TDP-43 expression worsens FTD-related phenotypes in progranulin-insufficient mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neurobiology of Disease 2026-06-09 Brain tissue and pathology

    Loss-of-function progranulin ( GRN ) mutations cause frontotemporal dementia with TDP-43 pathology (FTD-TDP).

  18. TDP-43 oxidation and PP1 crosstalk at RNA granule-mitochondria contact sites

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Nature Communications 2026-06-05 Brain tissue and pathology

    Inter-organelle contact sites are key hubs for organelle bidirectional crosstalk.

  19. Cryptic splicing in synaptic and membrane excitability genes links TDP-43 loss to neuronal dysfunction

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Science Translational Medicine 2026-06-03 Brain tissue and pathology

    Using human stem cell-derived neurons, we show that TDP-43 reduction induces cryptic splicing and downregulation of these genes, resulting in impaired excitability and synaptic transmission.

  20. Distinct and combined interferon-ɑ/β-receptor-1 loss in neurons and astrocytes disrupt brain energy metabolism and drive Parkinsonian dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of Biomedical Science 2026-06-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    IFNAR1 plays a crucial role in brain and mitochondrial homeostasis, loss of which results in neurodegeneration and neuropathology resembling PDD.

  21. Porphyromonas gingivalis disrupts hippocampal circadian clock via PI3K/AKT pathway, exacerbating Alzheimer‐like pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2026-06-01 Biomarkers

    P. gingivalis-induced periodontitis dampened hippocampal Bmal1 rhythms, lowered p-AKT, activated glia, and elevated Aβ and interleukin 1β (IL-1β).

  22. Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Ameliorate the Neuron Mitochondrial Damage Induced by ROS-, LPS-Exposure: In Vitro Model of Neuron, Microglia, and Astrocyte Triple Co-Culture

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026-05-27 Inflammation and the immune system

    Oxidative stress causes brain damage contributing to neurodegenerative and vascular diseases.

  23. Spinal microglia are dysregulated in a rat model of Pompe disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 27 out of 100. Physiology 2026-05-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Dysfunctional GAA results in widespread glycogen accumulation leading to muscle weakness, cardiovascular and breathing problems and premature death.

  24. Systemic delivery of synapsin‐promoted caveolin‐1 overexpression ameliorates pathological TDP‐43–induced cognitive decline and neurodegenerative changes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2026-05-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    SynCav1 exerted robust neuroprotective effects on cognition.

  25. Advanced Glycation End Products Induce Microglial Activation and Impair Neurodevelopment in Human iPSC-Derived Brain Organoids

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. Organoids 2026-04-20 Disease mechanisms

    Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) are reactive compounds formed through the non-enzymatic glycation of proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids due to exposure to reducing sugars.

  26. Autophagosome-targeting single-domain antibody clears tau in patient-derived neurons and improves motor function in tauopathy mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Science Translational Medicine 2026-04-15 Disease mechanisms

    Tauopathies are neurodegenerative diseases characterized by pathological tau accumulation, leading to motor and neuropsychiatric symptoms.

  27. Impact of zervimesine on the neuroinflammatory biomarker GFAP and related proteomic molecular correlates in plasma of participants from a phase 2 clinical trial in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2026-04-06 Inflammation and the immune system

    Collectively, plasma biomarker findings in the low p-tau217 subgroup were more robust than in the mITT population.

  28. Dietary silver nanoparticle supplementation induces Alzheimer-like lesions through Bifidobacterium deficiency-dominated gut microbiota dysbiosis and neuroinflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. npj Science of Food 2026-04-04 Inflammation and the immune system

    Dietary supplement silver nanoparticles have recently drawn attention following reports of hazards associated with long-term use.

  29. Apolipoprotein E Mimetic Peptide CN-105 and Postoperative Delirium in Older Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2026-04-03 Genetics

    Among 203 enrolled patients, 186 (mean [SD] age, 68.7 [5.2] years; 119 males [64.0%]) were randomized (137 to the CN-105 group, 49 to the placebo group) and underwent surgery.

  30. Cinnamon Bud Extract Is a Source of Biomolecules Active against the Aggregation and Condensation of Alzheimer′s-Associated Tau Protein

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2026-04-02 Disease mechanisms

    High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Abnormal accumulation of tau fibrillar aggregates is a hallmark of tauopathies, including Alzheimer’s disease.

  31. TGF-β Pathway–Based Polygenic Risk Score Modifies the Association between Red Meat Intake and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Application of a Novel Pathway-Based PRS Method

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2026-04-01 Genetics

    A total of 30 variants were overrepresented in four pathways: presenilin/Alzheimer disease, cadherin/WNT signaling, gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor, and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling.

  32. SHP2 in microglia attenuates neuroinflammation and cognitive deficits in vascular dementia by modulating the FAK/Src/PU. 1/IRF8 pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. European journal of medical research 2026-03-31 Inflammation and the immune system

    Vascular dementia is a common cognitive disorder that is often triggered by neuroinflammatory responses caused by cerebrovascular injury, which further exacerbates the progression of the disease.

  33. A quantitative cell-based reporter links TDP-43 aggregation and dysfunction to define pathogenic mechanisms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. PLoS Biology 2026-03-24 Brain tissue and pathology

    TDP-43 pathology is a hallmark of fatal neurodegenerative disorders, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43-encephalopathy (LATE).

  34. Single-Cell Transcriptomic Identification of SYK Kinase as a Therapeutic Target in Disease-Associated Microglia for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026-03-23 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects over 55 million people worldwide and lacks effective disease-modifying therapies targeting neuroinflammation.

  35. Single-Cell Transcriptomic Identification of SYK Kinase as a Therapeutic Target in Disease-Associated Microglia for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026-03-23 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects over 55 million people worldwide and lacks effective disease-modifying therapies targeting neuroinflammation.

  36. ALS and Huntington Disease: Unraveling the Connections between TDP-43 and Huntingtin

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Neuroscience 2026-03-11 Brain tissue and pathology

    Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Huntington disease (HD) are lethal neurodegenerative diseases affecting motor function.

  37. Chemical and Molecular Strategies in Restoring Autophagic Flux in TDP-43 Proteinopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Molecules 2026-03-10 Brain tissue and pathology

    The cytoplasmic accumulation of TDP-43 aggregates remains a persistent pathological hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE).

  38. Fructose-2,6-bisphosphate restores TDP-43 pathology-driven genome repair deficiency in motor neuron diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Communications Biology 2026-03-10 Brain tissue and pathology

    TDP-43 proteinopathy is central to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

  39. TDP-43 pathology triggers neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment by inducing microglial necroptosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. EMBO Molecular Medicine 2026-03-10 Brain tissue and pathology

    Pathological TAR DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) is a defining feature of several neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  40. Cofilin hyperphosphorylation triggers TDP-43 pathology in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Brain 2026-03-09 Brain tissue and pathology

    Here, we show that cofilin is hyper-phosphorylated in human ALS and disease models compared to controls.

  41. DCPS modulates TDP-43-linked neurodegeneration through P-body-mediated RNA decay

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Neuron 2026-03-09 Brain tissue and pathology

    The proteinopathy of the RNA-binding protein TDP-43, characterized by nuclear clearance and cytoplasmic inclusion, is a hallmark of multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  42. Pyk2 plays a critical role in synaptic dysfunction during the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Molecular Neurodegeneration Advances 2026-03-07 Disease mechanisms

    The locus of the gene PTK2B encoding the tyrosine kinase Pyk2 has been associated with the risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, the predominant form of dementia.

  43. RNA-binding proteins TDP-43 and FUS promote R-loop resolution and regulate transcription termination

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2026-03-06 Brain tissue and pathology

    TDP-43 and FUS are RNA-binding proteins involved in the regulation of diverse RNA-processing events and have been strongly implicated in neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

  44. Targeting amyloid-β pathology by chimeric antigen receptor astrocyte (CAR-A) therapy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Science 2026-03-05 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia and is characterized by progressive amyloid accumulation followed by tau-mediated neurodegeneration.

  45. The short-chain fatty acid butyrate prevents gut-brain amyloid-β pathology and neuroinflammation in an Alzheimer mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Molecular Psychiatry 2026-03-05 Brain scans and imaging

    Collectively, these findings suggest that Aβ promotes gut symptoms through alteration of ENS connectivity and butyrate counteracts these impairments with an amelioration of neuroinflammation and memory function in AD model.

  46. Spatiotemporal transcriptomic profiling reveals upregulation of glycolysis pathway genes before overt tauopathy in the PS19 mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Experimental & Molecular Medicine 2026-02-13 Disease mechanisms

    The abnormal accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau in neurofibrillary tangles is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia.

  47. APP‐mediated intracellular signaling rescues sleep impairment and blood–brain barrier leakage in Alzheimer's disease mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2026-02-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    APP‐mediated signaling plays a key role in regulating sleep, maintaining BBB integrity, and preserving memory in AD.

  48. Association between leukocyte telomere length and neurodegenerative diseases: a prospective cohort in the UK Biobank

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Journal of Neurology 2026-02-01 Long-term cohort studies

    Shorter LTL was associated with an increased risk of NDDs, including Alzheimer's disease (HR: 0.52, 95% CI 0.40-0.67, P < 0.001), dementia in AD (HR: 0.53, 95% CI 0.39-0.73, P < 0.001), unspecified dementia (HR: 0.74, 95% CI 0.58-0.95, P < 0.05), degenerative diseases of the nervous system (including other specified degenerative diseases such as circumscribed brain atrophy and senile degeneration of the brain) (HR: 0.62, 95% CI 0.45-0.84, P < 0.01), extrapyramidal and movement disorders (including other specified extrapyramidal and movement disorders such as a range of tremors, chorea, tics, and other abnormal involuntary movements) (HR: 0.63, 95% CI 0.48-0.82, P < 0.01), and mental and behavioral disorders due to use of alcohol (HR: 0.46, 95% CI 0.38-0.55, P < 0.001).

  49. Clonal expansion of cytotoxic CD8⁺ T cells in lecanemab-associated ARIA

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Nature Communications 2026-01-30 Laboratory science

    Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) are the principal safety concern limiting anti-amyloid therapies for Alzheimer's disease, yet their biology remains unclear.

  50. Elucidation of Molecular Mechanisms of Lipid-Altered Cytotoxicity of TDP-43 Fibrils

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2026-01-29 Brain tissue and pathology

    Progressive aggregation of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a hallmark of numerous neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and limbic predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE).

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