The pathology of "vascular dementia": A critical update

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-123

  Jellinger, Kurt A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarcts; Large and small vessel disease; Neuropathology; Pathogenic factors; Subcortical vascular lesions; Vascular cognitive impairment; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEMORY; MICROANGIOPATHY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THALAMUS; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 47849092520     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2008-14110     Document Type: Review

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