Total cerebral small vessel disease MRI score is associated with cognitive decline in executive function in patients with hypertension

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue DEC, 2016, Pages

  Uiterwijk, Renske ^a,b   van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^a,b,c   Huijts, Marjolein ^a   De Leeuw, Peter W ^a,c   Kroon, Abraham A ^a,c   Staals, Julie ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral microbleeds; Cognitive decline; Executive functioning; Hypertension; Lacunes; Perivascular spaces; Small vessel disease; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACUNAR STROKE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERIVASCULAR SPACE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SMALL VESSEL DISEASE SCORE; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY;

EID: 85009451891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00301     Document Type: Article

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