Accumulation of MRI markers of cerebral small vessel disease is associated with decreased cognitive function. A study in first-ever lacunar stroke and hypertensive patients

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Huijts, Marjolein ^a,b,c   Duits, Annelien ^a,b   Van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^a,b,c   Kroon, Abraham A ^b,c,d   De Leeuw, Peter W ^c,d   Staals, Julie ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain microbleeds; Cerebral small vessel disease; Cognition; Enlarged perivascular spaces; Lacunar infarcts; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING SPEED; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL COGNITION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STROOP TEST; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 84895797508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00072     Document Type: Article

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