Associations between retinal microvascular changes and dementia, cognitive functioning, and brain imaging abnormalities: A systematic review

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 983-995

  Heringa, Sophie M ^a   Bouvy, Willem H ^a   Van Den Berg, Esther ^a,b   Moll, Annette C ^c   Jaap Kappelle, L ^a   Jan Biessels, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

brain imaging; cerebrovascular disease; cognitive impairment; dementia; lacunar infarcts; magnetic resonance; vascular cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIOLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LASER COAGULATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY; MICROANEURYSM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SCAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE; VENULE; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROVESSELS; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 84880329591     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.58     Document Type: Review

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