The<unk>  were proposed in 1984 by the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (now known as the Alzheimer's Association) and are among the most used in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). These criteria require that the presence of cognitive impairment and a suspected dementia syndrome be confirmed by neuropsychological testing for a clinical diagnosis of possible or probable AD; while they need histopathologic confirmation (microscopic examination of brain tissue) for the definitive diagnosis. They specify as well eight cognitive domains that may be impaired in AD. These criteria have shown good reliability and validity.
NINCDS-ADRDA Alzheimer's Criteria
Alzheimer's Research UK
Coma scale
McDonald criteria
Biochemistry of Alzheimer's disease
Parkinson's UK
Alzheimer's disease biomarkers
Shapiro–Senapathy algorithm