Is breakdown of the blood-brain barrier responsible for lacunar stroke, leukoaraiosis, and dementia?

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 806-811

  Wardlaw, J M ^a,b   Sandercock, P A G ^a   Dennis, M S ^a   Starr, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cerebrovascular disorders; Dementia; Lacunar infarction; Leukoaraiosis; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HYALINE DEGENERATION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; NERVE CELL LESION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS;

EID: 0037338557     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000058480.77236.B3     Document Type: Review

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