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The study was led by Atul Kumar. Thank you to all co-authors: @DivyaBali06, @EStomrud, @SebastianPalmqv, @_JakeVogel_, @OskarHansson9, @NiklasMattsson4, and those not on X.

🙏Many thanks to all collaborators in this large study including 12 international cohorts: @DivyaBali06 @A_OrdunaDolado @JosephTherr @EStomrud @NiklasMattsson4 @EmmaCoomans @CharlotteTeuni1 @NesrineR95 @JuandoGispert @vincentDore2 @AzadehFeizpour

@DAlcoleaR @sylv_villeneuve @pedrorosaneto @SuzanneESchind1 @RikOssenkoppele @OskarHansson9 with data from @amsterdamumc @BarcelonaBeta @MayoClinicNeuro @mcgillu @prevent_ad @WashUMedADRC @WisconsinADRC… and those not in X.

🚨New publication in Nature Medicine!
In this study, we demonstrate that a brief, self-administered cognitive test battery can reliably identify individuals with cognitive impairment in a primary care setting.
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Full paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03965-4

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Nature Medicine - A brief, self-administered digital cognitive test, in combination with a blood test, accurately dete...

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The study was led by PhD students Pontus Tideman and @karlssonlinda1. Thank you also to all co-authors: @ErikRubenSmith @NiklasMattsson4 @EStomrud @SebastianPalmqv @OskarHansson9 and those not on X.

7/🧵 These results suggest that hemispheric difference in Aβ deposition, rather than reduction in connectivity, is associated with asymmetric tau accumulation, highlighting regional vulnerability as a crucial factor in determining the distribution of AD pathology.

Big thanks to all co-authors and collaborators: @RikOssenkoppele @ErikRubenSmith @LECollij @aitchbi @jorittmo @karlssonlinda1 @DaniellevWe @JakeVogel @EStomrud @SebastianPalmqv @NiklasMattsson4 @NicolaSpotorno @OskarHansson9 + those not on X

4⃣In summary, we have developed a biomarker-based staging model using plasma tau biomarkers and validated in TRIAD. We believe these findings will enhance the application of blood tau biomarkers, improving patient management in both clinical trials and routine clinical practice.

Thanks to all coauthors: @JosephTherr , @NicholasAshton, @andrealessa, @NiklasMattsson4, @SebastianPalmqv, @EStomrud, @pedrorosaneto, and @OskarHansson9
And those not on X.

🚨New paper alert! This study led by @SEMastenbroek aims to make detection of α-synuclein pathology in the brain more time- and cost-effective. Out now in Nature Communications! 🔗 Full article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-62458-7.epdf?sharing_token=fJsM7nw6WLFQSLEmJtlXiNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MDVkWnZxGsgtCMfY18v2PG-JBJvKhRsSwlFHbyWcVEhi_UdJDYtyqFZKb0-1LE-RJuxLzTxso4Wsn_ZLSgyRQKvtbjLPDfKEVHUrWMYnYD648e1kcTBiQcj_tBKohdF6g%3D
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6/🧵Taken together, we present an accurate two-step approach for predicting LBP in the brain using a smell test followed by CSF SAA testing in smell-test positive individuals. This could minimize costs, reduce patient burden, and improve the known underdiagnosis of DLB and PD.

A huge thanks to all authors and collaborators who made this work possible! @OskarHansson9 @LECollij @_JakeVogel_ @SebastianPalmqv @FBarkhof @RikOssenkoppele and all not on X.

7⃣This suggests that region-specific atrophy functions as one pathway of tau-induced cognitive subdomain impairments. Yet, large portions of variance remains unexplained, highlighting the need for investigating other mechanistic links.🔬

8⃣A huge thank you to all authors as well as the #ADNI study participants who made this work possible. Your contributions are vital for advancing our understanding of the disease and contribute to #ENDALZ.

6⃣Do certain regions uniquely mediate a given tau-cognition association? - Yes, tau–immediate recall was mediated by several MTL regions, tau–recognition by hippocampus & tau–semantic fluency by inferior temporal gyrus.

6⃣Do certain regions uniquely mediate a given tau-cognition association? - Yes, tau–immediate recall was mediated by several MTL regions, tau–recognition by hippocampus & tau–semantic fluency by inferior temporal gyrus.

In conclusion, p-Tau217ALZpath exhibited similar performance to p-Tau181Lilly, but its correlations with AD pathology measures were significantly lower than p-Tau217Lilly. Future studies are needed to replicate these findings in larger cohorts.

Big thanks to all the co-authors for their invaluable contributions: @gesalbla, Thomas Beach, Geidy Serrano, Alireza Atri, Eric Reiman, Andreas Jeromin, @OskarHansson9, and Shorena Janelidze.

7⃣These findings support implementation of especially plasma p-tau217, and potentially also GFAP, in prognostic workup of AD in people with DS in both clinical practice and drug trials.

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