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ReviewTranslational neurodegeneration2018

Impact of the biological definition of Alzheimer's disease using amyloid, tau and neurodegeneration (ATN): what about the role of vascular changes, inflammation, Lewy body pathology?

S Gauthier, H Zhang, K P Ng, T A Pascoal, P Rosa-Neto

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Review in Translational neurodegeneration, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Brain Ischemia as a Prelude to Alzheimer's Disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

S GauthierMcGill Center for Studies in Aging, Douglas Mental Health Research Institute, Montreal, Canada.
H Zhang2Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
K P Ng3Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
T A PascoalMcGill Center for Studies in Aging, Douglas Mental Health Research Institute, Montreal, Canada.
P Rosa-NetoMcGill Center for Studies in Aging, Douglas Mental Health Research Institute, Montreal, Canada.
Douglas Mental Health University Institute · CAChongqing Medical University · CNNational Neuroscience Institute · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe NIA-AA research framework proposes a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease, where asymptomatic persons with amyloid deposition would be considered as having this disease prior to symptoms. DISCUSSION: Notwithstanding the fact that amyloid deposition in isolation is not associated with dementia, even the combined association of amyloid and tau pathology does not inevitably need to dementia over age 65. Other pathological factors may play a leading or an accelerating role in age-associated cognitive decline, including vascular small vessel disease, neuroinflammation and Lewy Body pathology.

conclusionResearch should aim at understanding the interaction between all these factors, rather than focusing on them individually. Hopefully this will lead to a personalized approach to the prevention of brain aging, based on individual biological, genetic and cognitive profiles.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseBiomarkersBrain imagingDatabase analysisDiagnosisHuman volunteer cohortsPrecision medicineTranslational researchTreatment

Identifiers

PMID29876101
PMCPMC5977549
OpenAlexW2807190206

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