Vascular cognitive impairment encompasses several types of deficits, ranging from mild
cognitive impairment to dementia. Cognitive reserve refers to the brain's ability to balance …

This paper provides an overview of cognitive impairment due to vascular brain damage,
which is referred to as vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). Over the past decades, we have …

Aging is often accompanied by declines in a range of cognitive domains, including fluid
intelligence (Baltes, Dittmann-Kohli, & Kliegl, 1986; Park & Reuter-Lorenz, 2009), speed of …

Effective pharmacological treatment of cognitive disorders in dementia is lacking despite
extensive efforts to produce active therapy aimed at neuronal and vascular targets. In this …

Aging, familial gene mutations, and genetic, environmental, and modifiable lifestyle risk
factors predispose individuals to cognitive impairment or dementia by influencing the …

Abstract Purpose of Review Metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased risk of
vascular cognitive impairment or, in the more extreme, vascular dementia. Animal models …

Vascular dementia is growing in importance, so is the confusion surrounding it. Vascular
dementia may be regarded as a syndrome of cognitive impairment resulting from vascular …

The field of vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) is evolving
rapidly. Research in VCID encompasses topics aiming to understand, prevent, and treat the …

J. Neurochem.(2010) 115, 814–828. Abstract Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI)
encompasses vascular dementia and is the second most common cause of dementing …

Hypertension in the elderly substantially increases both the risk of vascular cognitive
impairment (VCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, the underlying mechanisms are …