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ArticleCerebral circulation - cognition and behavior2022

Neuropsychiatric symptoms as a sign of small vessel disease progression in cognitive impairment.

Una Clancy, Joel Ramirez, Francesca M Chappell, Fergus N Doubal, Joanna M Wardlaw, Sandra E Black

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Article in Cerebral circulation - cognition and behavior, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Una ClancyBrain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Joel RamirezDr. Sandra Black Centre for Brain Resilience & Recovery, LC Campbell Cognitive Neurology Research Unit, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room A4 21, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada.
Francesca M ChappellBrain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Fergus N DoubalBrain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Joanna M WardlawBrain Research Imaging Centre, Division of Neuroimaging Sciences, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Sandra E BlackDr. Sandra Black Centre for Brain Resilience & Recovery, LC Campbell Cognitive Neurology Research Unit, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room A4 21, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada.
University of Edinburgh · GBHealth Sciences Centre · CASunnybrook Health Science Centre · CAUK Dementia Research Institute · GB

Funding

Chief Scientist Office CAF/18/08
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Neuropsychiatric symptoms associate cross-sectionally with cerebral small vessel disease but it is not clear whether these symptoms could act as early clinical markers of small vessel disease progression. We investigated whether longitudinal change in Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) scores associated with white matter hyperintensity (WMH) progression in a memory clinic population. Material and methods: We included participants from the prospective Sunnybrook Dementia Study with Alzheimer's disease and vascular subtypes of mild cognitive impairment and dementia with two MRI and ≥ 1 NPI. We conducted linear mixed-effects analyses, adjusting for age, atrophy, vascular risk factors, cognition, function, and interscan interval. Results: At baseline ( Conclusions: In memory clinic patients, WMH progression over 1-2 years associated with worsening neuropsychiatric symptoms, while WMH volume remained unchanged in those with stable NPI scores in this population with low background WMH burden.

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Cerebral small vessel diseaseCognitive dysfunctionDementiaLongitudinal studiesNeurobehavioral ManifestationsWhite matter hyperintensities

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PMID36324402
PMCPMC9616231
OpenAlexW4206166152

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