dementia screening

Published research on dementia screening.

BrainJul 22, 2026

Alzheimer’s Fingerprick Blood Biomarkers: p-tau217 and GFAP Track Cognition

A 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…

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BrainJun 26, 2026

Facial Markers Differed in 31 Older Adults With MCI-Level MoCA Scores

A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that older adults with mild-cognitive-impairment-level MoCA-J scores showed distinct resting facial action-unit patterns: AU10 upper lip raiser, AU23 lip tighte…

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BrainJun 21, 2026

Pulse-Wave Harmonics Flag MCI During Cognitive Stress: 2.6-Point Gap

A 2026 community study of 101 older adults found that pulse-wave harmonics changed in a more organized way during a subtraction task in cognitively intact participants than in people with Mo…

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