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ReviewAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025

Updates and future perspectives on neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease.

Myuri Ruthirakuhan, Dylan X Guan, Moyra Mortby, Jennifer Gatchel, Ganesh M Babulal

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Review in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Glial Cells in Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  9. Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: Bridging mechanisms, management, and emerging innovations.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  12. Updates and future perspectives on neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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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.

Myuri RuthirakuhanHurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0308-2593
Dylan X GuanCummings School of Medicine, and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Moyra MortbyUNSW Ageing Futures Institute, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
Jennifer GatchelDepartment of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ganesh M BabulalDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are common throughout the Alzheimer's disease (AD) continuum and profoundly affect patients, caregivers, and health-care systems. This review synthesizes key research presented in the 2022 and 2023 Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment Neuropsychiatric Syndromes-Professional Interest Area (NPS-PIA) Year-In-Reviews, emphasizing six critical areas: (1) diversity and disparities, (2) diagnostic frameworks, (3) neurobiology of NPS, (4) NPS as a disease marker, (5) the impact of COVID-19, and (6) interventions. NPS accelerates AD progression, increases functional decline, diminishes quality of life, and heightens caregiver burden and institutionalization rates. Current treatments primarily rely on psychotropics, which offer limited efficacy and raise safety concerns. This review aims to inform clinicians and researchers about recent NPS advancements while identifying gaps for future studies to improve outcomes for individuals with AD. HIGHLIGHTS: Research in Alzheimer's disease-related neuropsychiatric symptoms has rapidly increased, indicating heightened interest. Key areas include: diversity, diagnostics, markers, COVID-19 impact, and treatments. A road map for future studies, based on the key areas of research, is provided. This road map includes considerations to improve study applicability and validity.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCOVID-19HumansQuality of LifeSARS-CoV-2Alzheimer's diseasebiomarkersdiagnosisneuropsychiatric symptomstreatments

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PMID40145329
PMCPMC11947761

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