Background Cerebral small vessel disease, a common cause of vascular dementia, is often
considered clinically silent before dementia or stroke become apparent. However, some …

Ischemic cerebral small-vessel disease accounts for a third of acute cerebral ischemic
events and contributes to the development of cognitive decline and dementia. Cerebral …

Background Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) has been suggested to be more common
in Asians compared with Caucasians. However, data from population-based studies in Asia …

This paper is a proposal for an update on the characterization of cognitive impairments
associated with sporadic cerebral small vessel disease (SVD). We pose a series of …

Objectives: Although stroke associated with small vessel disease (SSVD) can induce both
motor and cognitive impairment, the latter has received less attention. We aimed to evaluate …

Objectives Cognitive impairment, predominantly affecting processing speed and executive
function, is an important consequence of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD). To date, few …

A. Smallwood, A. Oulhaj, C. Joachim, S. Christie, C. Sloan, AD Smith and M. Esiri (2012)
Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology38, 337–343 Cerebral subcortical small vessel …

Background Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is characterised by progressive white
matter hyperintensities (WMH), cognitive decline and loss of functional independence. The …

The term cerebral small vessel disease refers to a group of pathological processes with
various aetiologies that affect the small arteries, arterioles, venules, and capillaries of the …

Objective: The vascular depression hypothesis postulates that cerebral small vessel disease
(CSVD) leads to depressive symptoms by disruption of brain structures involved in mood …