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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2022

The apathy, gait impairment, and executive dysfunction (AGED) triad vascular variant.

Vladimir Hachinski, Elizabeth Finger, Frederico Pieruccini-Faria, Manuel Montero-Odasso

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Apathy and Depression Impact on Cognitive Decline: Neuropsychological Specificities across Neurodegenerative Diseases.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2026
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  6. The apathy, gait impairment, and executive dysfunction (AGED) triad vascular variant.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vladimir HachinskiDepartment of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Robarts Research Institute and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0487-734X
Elizabeth FingerDepartment of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Robarts Research Institute and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Frederico Pieruccini-FariaGait and Brain Lab, Parkwood Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada.
Manuel Montero-OdassoGait and Brain Lab, Parkwood Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5796-2361
Western University · CALawson Health Research Institute · CA

Funding

CIHR MOP 211220CIHR PJT 153100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apathy, gait disturbances, and executive dysfunction (AGED) often occur together. Although they can arise independently, the presence of one might portend another. This recognition suggests the possible etiology. We focus on the most common, the vascular. We explain the AGED vascular mechanism through the ambibaric brain concept. The brain contains two complementary blood pressure systems: One high in the primitive brain (brainstem, basal ganglia, and thalamus) and a low-pressure system in the Homo sapiens brain (cerebral hemispheres). Hypertension inflicts the most damage on the primitive brain. The frontal systems connect to the basal ganglia, then the thalamus and back to the cortex. Many connections converge on the primitive brain where they are damaged by vascular disease. We need methods of determining optimal, individual blood pressures. Although the AGED triad can result from other causes, it should first signal a vascular etiology, the most prevalent, treatable, and preventable one.

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ApathyCognitive DysfunctionAgedBasal GangliaBrainGaitHumansambibaric brainapathyExecutive dysfunctiongait impairmenthypertensionprevention

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PMID35213766
PMCPMC9514311
OpenAlexW4214543959

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