Translational models for vascular cognitive impairment: A review including larger species

BMC Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hainsworth, Atticus H ^a,b   Allan, Stuart M ^c   Boltze, Johannes ^d,e   Cunningham, Catriona ^c   Farris, Chad ^f   Head, Elizabeth ^g   Ihara, Masafumi ^h   Isaacs, Jeremy D ^a,b   Kalaria, Raj N ⁱ   Lesnik Oberstein, Saskia A M J ^j   Moss, Mark B ^f   Nitzsche, Björn ^k,l   Rosenberg, Gary A ^m   Rutten, Julie W ^j   Salkovic Petrisic, Melita ⁿ   Troen, Aron M ^o  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CELL THERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^o HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Experimental models; In vivo models; Translational models; Vascular cognitive impairment; Vascular dementia; VCID

Indexed keywords

NOTCH3 RECEPTOR;

AGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CADASIL; DISEASE MODEL; FAT INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SHORT SURVEY; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER INJURY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85010817825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0793-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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