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ReviewClinical interventions in aging2007

Vascular dementia: pharmacological treatment approaches and perspectives.

Andrius Baskys, Anthony C Hou

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Review in Clinical interventions in aging, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia: Prevention, treatments, mechanisms and management options for the future.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  8. Methanol extract ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2024
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  10. Paradigm Shift: Multiple Potential Pathways to Neurodegenerative Dementia.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2023
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  15. Construction of an efficientFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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  18. Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia: The Role ofPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
    Review
  19. Vascular Dementia and Underlying Sex Differences.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021
    Review
  20. Potential of PET/CT in assessing dementias with emphasis on cerebrovascular disorders.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Andrius BaskysDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, USA. abaskys@uci.edu
Anthony C Hou

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular dementia is a common condition for which there are no effective approved pharmacological treatments available. Absence of effective treatments creates a difficult situation for those suffering from the disease, their caregivers, and healthcare providers. This review will address our current understanding of the mechanisms of nerve cell damage due to ischemia and summarize available clinical trial data on several commonly used compounds including memantine, donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine, nimodipine, hydergine, nicergoline, CDP-choline, folic acid, as well as such nonpharmacological approaches as validation therapy.

Indexed as

Brain IschemiaCholinesterase InhibitorsCognitionDementia, VascularExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsGlutamic AcidHumansNerve DegenerationNeuroprotective AgentsNootropic AgentsReceptors, GlutamateTreatment OutcomeCholinesterase InhibitorsExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsGlutamic AcidNeuroprotective AgentsNootropic AgentsReceptors, Glutamate

Identifiers

PMID18044183
PMCPMC2685259

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