Neurovascular and Cognitive failure in Alzheimer’s Disease: Benefits of Cardiovascular Therapy

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 219-232

  Hamel, Edith ^a   Royea, Jessika ^a   Ongali, Brice ^a   Tong, Xin Kang ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiotensin receptor blocker; Cardiovascular therapy; Cerebrovascular reactivity; Memory pathways; Statin; Vascular oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; LOSARTAN; NITRIC OXIDE; SIMVASTATIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CEREBROVASCULAR REACTIVITY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL CNS INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SPATIAL LEARNING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LOSARTAN; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 84961200306     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-015-0285-4     Document Type: Review

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