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In 56 Parkinson's patients in China, those with both anxiety and depression had lower serum VIP and higher IL-1 beta than those with neither. A one-time, single-center study.
Read articleIn 53 South Korean women with memory decline, higher Alzheimer's blood markers were linked to a thinner cortex only in those with 7+ years of schooling.
Read articleA 2026 PROTECT study involving 174 older adults found that self-administered fingerprick p-tau217 correlated with episodic memory (r = 0.299, p < 0.001) and GFAP correlated with working memo…
Read articleA 2026 Molecular Psychiatry analysis from the Rhineland Study found that blood-derived microRNA signatures were associated with hippocampal brain structure: 6 microRNAs linked cross-sectiona…
Read articleLecanemab blood biomarkers may rebound much faster than amyloid PET after treatment stops: a 2026 PK/PD model estimated that half of the Aβ42/40 treatment effect is lost within 0.5 years, co…
Read articleA 2026 multi-cohort Alzheimer’s disease study found that MRI radiomics from the hippocampus and amygdala linked plasma pTau217 and smell identification to cognitive impairment — with more ad…
Read articleA 2026 medRxiv case-control study found that serum myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein was 20.5 pg/ml higher in multiple sclerosis than in healthy donors and 15.3 pg/ml higher during relapse…
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