Modifiable vascular markers for cognitive decline and dementia: The importance of arterial aging and hemodynamic factors

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 653-663

  Pase, Matthew P ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; arterial stiffness; blood pressure; cognitive; dementia; hypertension; memory; pulse wave velocity; stroke; vascular

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; VASCULAR AGING; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84872252712     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-120565     Document Type: Review

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