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COMMENT Genetic variants near BIN1 are important risk factors for AD dementia, where the SNP rs744373 is the second most strongly associated genetic locus for sporadic AD after the ApoE ε4 allele. Despite these strong genetic associations of BIN1 with AD ...
COMMENT We want to clarify an important point. The goal of our study was not to finally determine if sTREM2 or full-length TREM2 exert a protective function, or which variant needs to be therapeutically modified. Rather, we wanted to find out whether TREM2 is ...
COMMENT This study by Richard et al. provides important findings on the diagnostic benefit of combining neuropsychological memory assessment with biomarkers for predicting AD dementia in patients with amnestic MCI. The authors conclude that biomarkers are not ...
COMMENT The study by Perrotin et al. shows that subtle decreases in memory and an accompanying awareness of reduced memory performance is associated with higher PIB-PET imaging of β amyloid (Aβ) in the brains of asymptomatic, cognitively normal elders. In view of ...
