Novel Diagnosis and Treatment for Vascular Dementia
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurodegenerative Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2020) | Viewed by 3528
Special Issue Editor
Interests: stroke; cognitive impairment; dementia; carotid ultrasound; migraine
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Dear Colleagues,
Dementia is a worldwide epidemic. Its increasing incidence is not counterbalanced by effective therapeutic approaches, with a poor functional outcome for the affected patient and increased social costs. The importance of understanding the mechanisms of this pathology is motivated by the necessity of novel potential targets able to reduce the burden of dementia in the population. Several studies have underlined that vascular derangement is narrowly involved in dementia onset and progression both in vascular and in neurodegenerative forms, such as in Alzheimer’s disease. The role of sex, risk factors such as hypertension or diabetes, vascular pathologies such as carotid and intracranial vessel disease, and cardiac issues such as atrial fibrillation or heart failure is currently under investigation. Moreover, novel diagnostic approaches by neuroimaging, doppler ultrasound, and laboratory exams are required to allow early diagnosis and the correct follow-up of this spectrum of diseases.
The aim of this Special Issue of Brain Science is to enlighten newer pathological aspects, novel diagnostic markers, and possible evidence-based therapeutic approaches to vascular dementia.
Manuscript submissions focusing on pathogenetic, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of vascular dementia are welcome and encouraged.
Dr. Giovanna Viticchi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Vascular dementia
- Cognitive impairment
- Vascular risk factors
- Carotid ultrasound
- Neuropsychology
- Neuroimaging
- Heart disease
- Therapy
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