Cerebral small vessel disease: from a focal to a global perspective

A Ter Telgte, EMC Van Leijsen, K Wiegertjes… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is commonly observed on neuroimaging among
elderly individuals and is recognized as a major vascular contributor to dementia, cognitive …

Vascular cognitive impairment

M Dichgans, D Leys - Circulation research, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Cerebrovascular disease typically manifests with stroke, cognitive impairment, or both.
Vascular cognitive impairment refers to all forms of cognitive disorder associated with …

Longitudinal associations of blood phosphorylated Tau181 and neurofilament light chain with neurodegeneration in Alzheimer disease

A Moscoso, MJ Grothe, NJ Ashton, TK Karikari… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Plasma phosphorylated tau at threonine 181 (p-tau181) has been proposed as
an easily accessible biomarker for the detection of Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology, but its …

Prevention of stroke in patients with silent cerebrovascular disease: a scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American …

EE Smith, G Saposnik, GJ Biessels, FN Doubal… - Stroke, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Two decades of epidemiological research shows that silent cerebrovascular disease is
common and is associated with future risk for stroke and dementia. It is the most common …

Brain arteriolosclerosis

BL Blevins, HV Vinters, S Love, DM Wilcock… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Brain arteriolosclerosis (B-ASC), characterized by pathologic arteriolar wall
thickening, is a common finding at autopsy in aged persons and is associated with cognitive …

White matter hyperintensities and imaging patterns of brain ageing in the general population

M Habes, G Erus, JB Toledo, T Zhang, N Bryan… - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
White matter hyperintensities are associated with increased risk of dementia and cognitive
decline. The current study investigates the relationship between white matter …

Role of gait speed and grip strength in predicting 10-year cognitive decline among community-dwelling older people

MY Chou, Y Nishita, T Nakagawa, C Tange, M Tomida… - BMC geriatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background The gait speed and handgrip strength represented the core determinants of
physical frailty and sarcopenia, which were reported to be associated with cognitive …

Clinical presentations and epidemiology of vascular dementia

EE Smith - Clinical Science, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases cause vascular brain injury that can lead to
vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). VCI is the second most common neuropathology of …

White matter hyperintensities across the adult lifespan: relation to age, Aβ load, and cognition

A Garnier-Crussard, S Bougacha, M Wirth… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2020 - Springer
Background White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are very frequent in older adults and
associated with worse cognitive performance. Little is known about the links between WMH …

The multifactorial nature of healthy brain ageing: Brain changes, functional decline and protective factors

S Turrini, B Wong, M Eldaief, DZ Press… - Ageing Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
As the global population faces a progressive shift towards a higher median age,
understanding the mechanisms underlying healthy brain ageing has become of paramount …