Current pathophysiological concepts in cerebral small vessel disease

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Rincon, Fred ^a   Wright, Clinton B ^a,b,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Leukoaraiosis; Silent brain infarction; Stroke; Vascular cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84897930403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00024     Document Type: Review

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