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Newest in this topic

  1. Pathway-specific polygenic risk scores reveal underlying mechanisms of cerebral small vessel disease 2026-09-14
  2. Cerebral Small Vessel Disease and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study 2026-09-07
  3. Regional Distribution of Mineralized Blood Vessels in Alzheimer Disease and Clinicopathological Associations: A Multicenter Autopsy Study 2026-09-01

Studies

908 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1975 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 93
  • Stroke 61
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 31
  • Brain : a journal of neurology 20
  • Annals of neurology 19

343 journals in all.

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  1. Postoperative delirium is associated with increased plasma neurofilament light

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2020-01-01 Clinical safety

    While delirium is associated with cognitive decline and dementia, there is limited evidence to support causality for this relationship.

  2. White Matter Changes on Diffusion Tensor Imaging in the FINGER Randomized Controlled Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2020-01-01 Prevention trials

    The 2-year multidomain FINGER intervention may modulate white matter microstructural alterations.

  3. Convergence between Microglia and Peripheral Macrophages Phenotype during Development and Neuroinflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2019-12-09 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Differently from other myeloid cells, microglia derive exclusively from precursors originating within the yolk sac and migrate to the CNS under development, without any contribution from fetal liver or postnatal hematopoiesis.

  4. Distributed Patterns of Functional Connectivity Predict Working Memory Performance in Novel Healthy and Memory-impaired Individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of cognitive neuroscience 2019-10-29 Brain scans and imaging

    Individual differences in working memory relate to performance differences in general cognitive ability.

  5. Reformulating Pro-Oxidant Microglia in Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of clinical medicine 2019-10-17 TREM2 and immune genetics

    In neurodegenerative diseases, microglia-mediated neuroinflammation and oxidative stress are central events.

  6. Astrocytes: Role and Functions in Brain Pathologies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Frontiers in pharmacology 2019-09-27 Biomarkers

    Astrocytes are a population of cells with distinctive morphological and functional characteristics that differ within specific areas of the brain.

  7. Microglia in Brain Development, Homeostasis, and Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Annual review of genetics 2019-09-13 Genetics

    Advances in human genetics have implicated a growing number of genes in neurodegenerative diseases, providing insight into pathological processes.

  8. Association of Midlife Hearing Impairment With Late-Life Temporal Lobe Volume Loss

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2019-09-01 Brain scans and imaging

    The findings suggest that midlife HI is a risk factor for temporal lobe volume loss.

  9. Autoidentification of perivascular spaces in white matter using clinical field strength T1 and FLAIR MR imaging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. NeuroImage 2019-08-25 Long-term cohort studies

    Recent interest in enlarged perivascular spaces (ePVS) in the brain, which can be visualized on MRI and appear isointense to cerebrospinal fluid on all sequence weightings, has resulted in the necessity of reliable algorithms for automated segmentation to allow for whole brain assessment of ePVS burden.

  10. High and increasing blood pressure from early adulthood into midlife seems to be associated with increased WMHV and smaller brain volumes at 69-71 years of age.

  11. The pro-remyelination properties of microglia in the central nervous system

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neurology 2019-08-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia are resident macrophages of the CNS that are involved in its development, homeostasis and response to infection and damage.

  12. Functionalization of Brain Region-specific Spheroids with Isogenic Microglia-like Cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Scientific reports 2019-07-30 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Current brain spheroids or organoids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) still lack a microglia component, the resident immune cells in the brain.

  13. Associations between vascular risk factors and brain MRI indices in UK Biobank

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. European heart journal 2019-07-01 Risk factors

    Higher levels of VRFs were associated with poorer brain health across grey and white matter macrostructure and microstructure.

  14. Inflammation and cerebral small vessel disease: A systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Ageing research reviews 2019-06-10 Risk factors

    Inflammation is increasingly implicated as a risk factor for dementia, stroke, and small vessel disease (SVD).

  15. CNS small vessel disease: A clinical review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Neurology 2019-05-29 How common it is

    CNS small vessel disease (CSVD) causes 25% of strokes and contributes to 45% of dementia cases.

  16. Small vessel disease: mechanisms and clinical implications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2019-05-13 Lewy body dementia

    Small vessel disease is a disorder of cerebral microvessels that causes white matter hyperintensities and several other common abnormalities (eg, recent small subcortical infarcts and lacunes) seen on brain imaging.

  17. Quantifying blood-brain barrier leakage in small vessel disease: Review and consensus recommendations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2019-04-25 Vascular contributions

    Cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) comprises pathological processes of the small vessels in the brain that may manifest clinically as stroke, cognitive impairment, dementia, or gait disturbance.

  18. Obesity, Brain Volume, and White Matter Microstructure at MRI: A Cross-sectional UK Biobank Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Radiology 2019-04-23 Long-term cohort studies

    Obesity has been associated with increased risk of accelerated cognitive decline and dementia, which suggests underlying neurobiological changes.

  19. Natural Language Processing for the Identification of Silent Brain Infarcts From Neuroimaging Reports

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. JMIR medical informatics 2019-04-21 Digital health tools

    Features for rule-based systems, including significant words and patterns related to SBI, were generated using pointwise mutual information.

  20. White matter hyperintensities in vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID): Knowledge gaps and opportunities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2019-04-09 Prevention and risk

    White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are frequently seen on brain magnetic resonance imaging scans of older people.

  21. Association of Accelerometer-Measured Light-Intensity Physical Activity With Brain Volume: The Framingham Heart Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. JAMA network open 2019-04-05 Long-term cohort studies

    Dementia risk may be attenuated by physical activity (PA); however, the specific activity levels optimal for dementia prevention are unclear.

  22. Patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) exhibit decreased retinal blood flow and vessel density (VD).

  23. Characterization of White Matter Hyperintensities in Large-Scale MRI-Studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2019-03-26 Disparities

    Our search resulted in the inclusion and full-text review of 137 articles.

  24. Dynamic 11C-PiB PET Shows Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Alterations in Alzheimer Disease and Multiple Sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2019-03-08 Brain scans and imaging

    ANOVA revealed significant group differences in lateral ventricular SUVR across the Alzheimer, mild cognitive impairment, and healthy control groups ( P = 0.004).

  25. DIVE: A spatiotemporal progression model of brain pathology in neurodegenerative disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. NeuroImage 2019-03-04 Long-term cohort studies

    Current models of progression in neurodegenerative diseases use neuroimaging measures that are averaged across pre-defined regions of interest (ROIs).

  26. Neurovascular and Cognitive Dysfunction in Hypertension

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Circulation research 2019-03-01 Risk factors

    Hypertension has emerged as a leading cause of age-related cognitive impairment.

  27. WMH and long-term outcomes in ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 83 out of 100. Neurology 2019-02-15 Vascular contributions

    Presence and severity of WMH are associated with substantially increased risk of dementia, functional impairment, stroke recurrence, and mortality after ischemic stroke.

  28. Visceral obesity relates to deep white matter hyperintensities via inflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2019-02-01 Caregiving

    Mediation analyses proposed that visceral obesity contributes to deep white matter lesions through increases in proinflammatory cytokines, suggesting a pathomechanistic link.

  29. A Microglial Signature Directing Human Aging and Neurodegeneration-Related Gene Networks

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroscience 2019-01-24 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Aging is regarded as a major risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases.

  30. Type 2 diabetes mellitus, brain atrophy, and cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Neurology 2019-01-23 Brain scans and imaging

    In an older cohort with low cerebrovascular disease burden, T2DM contributes to cognitive decline via neurodegeneration.

  31. Association of Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy Before Menopause Onset With Medial Temporal Lobe Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2019-01-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Forty-one women who underwent BSO and 49 control participants were recruited.

  32. Clinical Significance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Markers of Vascular Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2019-01-01 Prevention and risk

    Of 2846 articles identified, 94 studies were eligible, with up to 14 529 participants for WMH, 16 012 participants for BI, 15 693 participants for CMB, and 4587 participants for PVS.

  33. High Systolic Blood Pressure Induces Cerebral Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction, Neurovascular Unit Damage, and Cognitive Decline in Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2019-01-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    A chronic and gradual increase in pulse pressure (PP) is associated with cognitive decline and dementia in older individuals, but the mechanisms remain ill-defined.

  34. Mapping water exchange across the blood-brain barrier using 3D diffusion-prepared arterial spin labeled perfusion MRI

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Magnetic resonance in medicine 2018-12-18 Vascular contributions

    A diffusion prepared 3D GRASE pCASL sequence with TGV regularized SPA modeling was proposed to measure BBB water permeability noninvasively with good reproducibility. k w may serve as an imaging marker of cerebral SVD and associated cognitive impairment.

  35. Overview on the Effects of N-Acetylcysteine in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2018-12-13 Vascular contributions

    N -acetylcysteine (NAC), which is an acetylated cysteine compound, has aroused scientific interest for decades due to its important medical applications.

  36. The complexity of neuroinflammation consequent to traumatic brain injury: from research evidence to potential treatments

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2018-12-07 Inflammation and the immune system

    This review recounts the definitions and research evidence supporting the multifaceted roles of neuroinflammation in the injured brain following trauma.

  37. Practical Small Vessel Disease Score Relates to Stroke, Dementia, and Death

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Stroke 2018-12-01 Long-term cohort studies

    In the general population, we investigated the association of a recently developed cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) sum score with stroke, dementia, and mortality.

  38. Progression in Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Pathogenesis, Neuroimaging Evaluation, and Treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell transplantation 2018-11-29 Prevention trials

    Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) defines an entire spectrum of neurologic disorders from mild cognitive impairment to dementia caused by cerebral vascular disease.

  39. Dysfunction of Cerebrovascular Endothelial Cells: Prelude to Vascular Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2018-11-16 Digital health tools

    Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer's disease (AD), characterized by progressive cognitive impairment, memory loss, and thinking or speech problems.

  40. The association between PM2.5 exposure and neurological disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. The Science of the total environment 2018-11-15 Vascular contributions

    There is a strong association between PM 2.5 exposure and neurological disorders.

  41. CSF1R-related leukoencephalopathy: A major player in primary microgliopathies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Neurology 2018-11-14 Inflammation and the immune system

    Since the discovery of CSF1R gene mutations in families with hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids in 2012, more than 70 different mutations have been identified around the world.

  42. Circulating cortisol and cognitive and structural brain measures: The Framingham Heart Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Neurology 2018-10-24 Long-term cohort studies

    We evaluated dementia-free Framingham Heart Study (generation 3) participants (mean age 48.5 years, 46.8% men) who underwent cognitive testing for memory, abstract reasoning, visual perception, attention, and executive function (n = 2,231) and brain MRI (n = 2018) to assess total white matter, lobar gray matter, and white matter hyperintensity volumes and fractional anisotropy (FA) measures.

  43. Early MoCA predicts long-term cognitive and functional outcome and mortality after stroke

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Neurology 2018-10-17 Cognitive tests and assessment

    MoCA was administered to 274 patients from 2 prospective hospital-based cohort studies in Germany (n = 125) and France (n = 149).

  44. Neurovascular dysfunction in vascular dementia, Alzheimer's and atherosclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. BMC neuroscience 2018-10-17 Vascular contributions

    Efficient blood supply to the brain is of paramount importance to its normal functioning and improper blood flow can result in potentially devastating neurological consequences.

  45. Higher Aortic Stiffness Is Related to Lower Cerebral Blood Flow and Preserved Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Circulation 2018-10-01 Vascular contributions

    Among participants with normal cognition, higher aortic PWV related to lower frontal lobe CBF (β=-0.43; P=0.04) and higher CVR in the whole brain (β=0.11; P=0.02), frontal lobes (β=0.12; P<0.05), temporal lobes (β=0.11; P=0.02), and occipital lobes (β=0.14; P=0.01).

  46. Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell transplantation 2018-09-25 Vascular contributions

    Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is composed of several diseases affecting the small arteries, arterioles, venules, and capillaries of the brain, and refers to several pathological processes and etiologies.

  47. Vascular risk at younger ages most strongly associates with current and future brain volume

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Neurology 2018-09-19 Long-term cohort studies

    Given the potential therapeutic effect of vascular disease control timing to reduce dementia risk, we investigated the age-related influences of vascular risk factor burden on brain structure throughout the lifespan.

  48. Understanding the role of the perivascular space in cerebral small vessel disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Cardiovascular research 2018-09-01 Vascular contributions

    Small vessel diseases (SVDs) are a group of disorders that result from pathological alteration of the small blood vessels in the brain, including the small arteries, capillaries and veins.

  49. Blood-brain barrier breakdown, neuroinflammation, and cognitive decline in older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2018-08-14 Brain tissue and pathology

    We tested the hypothesis that BBB breakdown is associated with cognitive decline and inflammation in nondemented elders.

  50. Prediabetes and diabetes accelerate cognitive decline and predict microvascular lesions: A population-based cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2018-08-13 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    Diabetes and prediabetes accelerate cognitive decline and might predict microvascular lesions among dementia-free older adults.

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