Pathological mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease

Y Ju, KY Tam - Neural regeneration research, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Alzheimer's disease is a rather complex neurodegenerative disease, which is attributed to a
combination of multiple factors. Among the many pathological pathways, synaptic …

Molecular biomarkers for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia

S Hosoki, GK Hansra, T Jayasena, A Poljak… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
As disease-specific interventions for dementia are being developed, the ability to identify the
underlying pathology and dementia subtypes is increasingly important. Vascular cognitive …

Emerging concepts in sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy

A Charidimou, G Boulouis, ME Gurol, C Ayata… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy is a common, well-defined small vessel disease and
a largely untreatable cause of intracerebral haemorrhage and contributor to age-related …

[HTML][HTML] Drug treatments in Alzheimer's disease

R Briggs, SP Kennelly, D O'Neill - Clinical medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite the significant public health issue that it poses, only five medical treatments have
been approved for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and these act to control symptoms rather than …

Association of intensive vs standard blood pressure control with cerebral white matter lesions

IM Nasrallah, NM Pajewski, AP Auchus, G Chelune… - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The effect of intensive blood pressure lowering on brain health remains
uncertain. Objective To evaluate the association of intensive blood pressure treatment with …

Cerebral small vessel disease

J Litak, M Mazurek, B Kulesza, P Szmygin… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) represents a cluster of various vascular disorders
with different pathological backgrounds. The advanced vasculature net of cerebral vessels …

The overlap between vascular disease and Alzheimer's disease-lessons from pathology

J Attems, KA Jellinger - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Recent epidemiological and clinico-pathological data indicate considerable overlap
between cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and suggest …

The behavioural/dysexecutive variant of Alzheimer's disease: clinical, neuroimaging and pathological features

R Ossenkoppele, YAL Pijnenburg, DC Perry… - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A 'frontal variant of Alzheimer's disease'has been described in patients with predominant
behavioural or dysexecutive deficits caused by Alzheimer's disease pathology. The …

Neuropathological diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment and vascular dementia with implications for Alzheimer's disease

RN Kalaria - Acta neuropathologica, 2016 - Springer
Vascular dementia (VaD) is recognised as a neurocognitive disorder, which is explained by
numerous vascular causes in the general absence of other pathologies. The heterogeneity …

Docosahexaenoic acid and cognition throughout the lifespan

MJ Weiser, CM Butt, MH Mohajeri - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is the predominant omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acid
(PUFA) found in the brain and can affect neurological function by modulating signal …