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ReviewAging and disease2021

Pharmacological Treatment of Vascular Dementia: A Molecular Mechanism Perspective.

Huang Kuang, Zhi-Feng Zhou, Yu-Ge Zhu, Zhi-Kai Wan, Mei-Wen Yang, Fen-Fang Hong, Shu-Long Yang

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Review in Aging and disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Huang Kuang1Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Zhi-Feng Zhou1Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Yu-Ge Zhu1Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Zhi-Kai Wan1Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Mei-Wen Yang2Department of Nurse, Nanchang University Hospital, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, China.
Fen-Fang Hong3Department of Experimental Teaching Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Shu-Long Yang1Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Nanchang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular dementia (VaD) is a neurodegenerative disease, with cognitive dysfunction attributable to cerebrovascular factors. At present, it is the second most frequently occurring type of dementia in older adults (after Alzheimer's disease). The underlying etiology of VaD has not been completely elucidated, which limits its management. Currently, there are no approved standard treatments for VaD. The drugs used in VaD are only suitable for symptomatic treatment and cannot prevent or reduce the occurrence and progression of VaD. This review summarizes the current status of pharmacological treatment for VaD, from the perspective of the molecular mechanisms specified in various pathogenic hypotheses, including oxidative stress, the central cholinergic system, neuroinflammation, neuronal apoptosis, and synaptic plasticity. As VaD is a chronic cerebrovascular disease with multifactorial etiology, combined therapy, targeting multiple pathophysiological factors, may be the future trend in VaD.

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central cholinergic systemneuroinflammationneuronal apoptosisoxidative stresspharmacological treatmentsynaptic plasticityVascular dementia

Identifiers

PMID33532143
PMCPMC7801279
OpenAlexW3120812091

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