Genetics of dementia

CT Loy, PR Schofield, AM Turner, JBJ Kwok - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Summary 25% of all people aged 55 years and older have a family history of dementia. For
most, the family history is due to genetically complex disease, where many genetic …

Pathophysiology of the neurovascular unit: disease cause or consequence?

DB Stanimirovic, A Friedman - Journal of Cerebral Blood …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Pathophysiology of the neurovascular unit (NVU) is commonly seen in neurological
diseases. The typical features of NVU pathophysiology include tissue hypoxia, inflammatory …

CADASIL affects multiple aspects of cerebral small vessel function on 7T‐MRI

H Van Den Brink, A Kopczak, T Arts… - Annals of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Cerebral small vessel diseases (cSVDs) are a major cause of stroke and
dementia. We used cutting‐edge 7T‐MRI techniques in patients with Cerebral Autosomal …

Ablation of astrocytic laminin impairs vascular smooth muscle cell function and leads to hemorrhagic stroke

ZL Chen, Y Yao, EH Norris, A Kruyer… - Journal of Cell …, 2013 - rupress.org
Astrocytes express laminin and assemble basement membranes (BMs) at their endfeet,
which ensheath the cerebrovasculature. The function of astrocytic laminin in …

Hereditary cerebral small vessel disease and stroke

CB Søndergaard, JE Nielsen, CK Hansen… - Clinical neurology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cerebral small vessel disease is considered hereditary in about 5% of patients and is
characterized by lacunar infarcts and white matter hyperintensities on MRI. Several …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging characteristics of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL)

D Stojanov, A Aracki-Trenkic, S Vojinovic… - Bosnian journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and
leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is an autosomal dominant vascular disorder. Diagnosis …

Modeling CADASIL vascular pathologies with patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells

C Ling, Z Liu, M Song, W Zhang, S Wang, X Liu… - Protein & …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and
leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a rare hereditary cerebrovascular disease caused by a …

[HTML][HTML] What is dementia

UK Dementia - 2021 - keystonemedical.com.sg
Dementia is a syndrome characterised by a decline in cognitive abilities, such as memory,
thinking, and reasoning, that is severe enough to interfere with daily functioning. It is not a …

Structural and functional neuroimaging in migraine: insights from 3 decades of research

SE Lakhan, M Avramut… - Headache: The Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Modern imaging methods provide unprecedented insights into brain structure, perfusion,
metabolism, and neurochemistry, both during and between migraine attacks. Neuroimaging …

The genetic spectrum and the evaluation of CADASIL screening scale in Chinese patients with NOTCH3 mutations

X Liu, Y Zuo, W Sun, W Zhang, H Lv, Y Huang… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and
leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is an inherited small artery disease caused by NOTCH3 …