| Literature DB >> 25987538 |
Poornima Venkat1, Michael Chopp2, Jieli Chen3.
Abstract
Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second leading form of dementia after Alzheimer's disease (AD) plaguing the elderly population. VaD is a progressive disease caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, and it affects cognitive abilities especially executive functioning. VaD is poorly understood and lacks suitable animal models, which constrain the progress on understanding the basis of the disease and developing treatments. This review article discusses VaD, its risk factors, induced cognitive disability, various animal (rodent) models of VaD, pathology, and mechanisms of VaD and treatment options.Entities:
Keywords: Cognition; High fat diet; Multiple infarct dementia; Treatment; Vascular dementia
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25987538 PMCID: PMC4631710 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2015.05.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Neurol ISSN: 0014-4886 Impact factor: 5.330