APOE

Published research on APOE.

BrainJun 30, 2026

Epilepsy and Alzheimer’s Blood Biomarkers in Older Adults

A preprint in 84 older adults with epilepsy found that abnormal Alzheimer's-related blood biomarkers were common, but the biomarker categories did not line up neatly with cognitive impairmen…

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PsychologyJun 19, 2026

Football Head Impacts Linked Cortical Slowing to NET and BDNF Maps

A 91-player adolescent football preprint mapped head-impact-related cortical slowing onto brain receptor and gene-expression maps: concussion-related slowing aligned with norepinephrine tran…

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BrainMay 20, 2026

Alzheimer’s RVI-AD MRI Score Predicted Dementia Conversion With 0.70 AUC

A 2026 Molecular Psychiatry study found that RVI-AD, a structural-MRI score measuring how closely a person’s brain anatomy matches an Alzheimer’s disease pattern, predicted mild-cognitive-im…

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DrugsMay 6, 2026

Plasma p-tau217 Blood Test Predicts Alzheimer’s Risk 1.5x Stronger in APOE-e4

Until recently, Alzheimer’s pathology could only be confirmed in living patients via PET imaging or lumbar puncture. Plasma p-tau217 changed that calculus — but how to interpret a positive r…

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