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ReviewClinical interventions in aging2015

Cerebral small vessel disease and Alzheimer's disease.

Zhiyou Cai, Chuanling Wang, Wenbo He, Hanjun Tu, Zhengang Tang, Ming Xiao, Liang-Jun Yan

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Review in Clinical interventions in aging, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhiyou CaiDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
Chuanling WangDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
Wenbo HeDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
Hanjun TuDepartment of Basic Research Center, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
Zhengang TangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
Ming XiaoDepartment of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Liang-Jun YanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
Hubei University of Medicine · CNNanjing Medical University · CNUniversity of North Texas System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a group of pathological processes with multifarious etiology and pathogenesis that are involved into the small arteries, arterioles, venules, and capillaries of the brain. CSVD mainly contains lacunar infarct or lacunar stroke, leukoaraiosis, Binswanger's disease, and cerebral microbleeds. CSVD is an important cerebral microvascular pathogenesis as it is the cause of 20% of strokes worldwide and the most common cause of cognitive impairment and dementia, including vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). It has been well identified that CSVD contributes to the occurrence of AD. It seems that the treatment and prevention for cerebrovascular diseases with statins have such a role in the same function for AD. So far, there is no strong evidence-based medicine to support the idea, although increasing basic studies supported the fact that the treatment and prevention for cerebrovascular diseases will benefit AD. Furthermore, there is still lack of evidence in clinical application involved in specific drugs to benefit both AD and CSVD.

Indexed as

AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAtrophyBrainCerebral Small Vessel DiseasesCognition DisordersDementiaDementia, VascularHumansLDL-Receptor Related ProteinsLeukoaraiosisMembrane Transport ProteinsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsStroke, LacunarLDL-Receptor Related ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsSORL1 protein, humancerebral microbleedscerebrovascular diseasesdementialacunar infarctleukoaraiosis

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PMID26604717
PMCPMC4629951
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