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Risk Factors for Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Alzheimer disease and vascular cognitive impairment are important causes of cognitive decline in the elderly. It has now been shown that vascular risk factors have measurable negative effects on the brain and are associated with cognitive impairment. We review vascular factors that might be responsible to cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease and vascular cognitive impairment and the corresponding interventions that might prevent cognitive impairment as we age.

Source: Stroke

DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000143318.70292.47

Author: Philip B. Gorelick

Institution: University of Illinois Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke