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ReviewAgeing research reviews2017

The impact of cerebrovascular aging on vascular cognitive impairment and dementia.

Tuo Yang, Yang Sun, Zhengyu Lu, Rehana K Leak, Feng Zhang

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Review in Ageing research reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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120citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

120 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 197 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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Tuo YangDepartment of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute of Brain Disorders and Recovery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Yang SunDepartment of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute of Brain Disorders and Recovery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Zhengyu LuDepartment of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute of Brain Disorders and Recovery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Neurology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese, Shanghai 200437, China.
Rehana K LeakDivision of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mylan School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
Feng ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute of Brain Disorders and Recovery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Key Lab of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong, Taishan Medical University, Taian, Shandong, 271000, China. Electronic address: zhanfx2@upmc.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · USDuquesne University · USTaishan Medical University · CNYueyang Hospital · CN

Funding

A novel mechanism of neurovascular protection in ischemic toleranceR01NS092810 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZHANG, FENG · 2015 to 2020
$1.7M
Impact of N-acetyl cysteine ethyl ester on a-synuclein pathology in the olfactory systemR15NS093539 · NINDS · DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY · PI LEAK, REHANA KHAN · 2015 to 2015
$383k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS092810NINDS NIH HHS R15 NS093539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As human life expectancy rises, the aged population will increase. Aging is accompanied by changes in tissue structure, often resulting in functional decline. For example, aging within blood vessels contributes to a decrease in blood flow to important organs, potentially leading to organ atrophy and loss of function. In the central nervous system, cerebral vascular aging can lead to loss of the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, eventually resulting in cognitive and sensorimotor decline. One of the major of types of cognitive dysfunction due to chronic cerebral hypoperfusion is vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID). In spite of recent progress in clinical and experimental VCID research, our understanding of vascular contributions to the pathogenesis of VCID is still very limited. In this review, we summarize recent findings on VCID, with a focus on vascular age-related pathologies and their contribution to the development of this condition.

Indexed as

AgingBrainCognition DisordersDementia, VascularBlood-Brain BarrierBrain IschemiaCerebrovascular CirculationCognitive DysfunctionHumansBlood-brain barrierHypoperfusionVascular agingWhite matter

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PMID27693240
PMCPMC5250548
OpenAlexW2527412351

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