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ReviewBrain and behavior2025

The Eye as a Window to Brain Health: Can Retinal Imaging and AI Modeling Predict Alzheimer's Disease?

Eniola Awodiya

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Review in Brain and behavior, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Eniola AwodiyaGreen Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8040-1768

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis is a review article to evaluate clinical evidence for the vascular model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology and elucidate the extent to which retinal imaging with AI modeling can be useful in earlier diagnosis of the condition.

methodsI comprehensively reviewed the literature on the current understanding of AD pathology and emerging role of the neurovascular system. I reviewed the evidence for retinal vascular biomarkers that can predict the presence of cognitive impairments seen in AD and AI models that utilize these to diagnose and elucidate pathophysiology for the condition.

resultsIt is found that retinal imaging offers a non-invasive and cost-effective way to detect AD-related neurovascular changes and, when coupled with AI, holds a transformative role in improving screening, diagnostics, and our understanding of the disease.

conclusionThere is evidence to suggest that retinal imaging can provide an earlier diagnosis of the condition. This can change the practice by encouraging lifestyle modification as crucial in modifying the progression of the disease.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBrainRetinaBiomarkersCognitive DysfunctionEarly DiagnosisHumansBiomarkersAIAlzheimer'sretinal imaging

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PMID41030116
PMCPMC12484699

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