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Post-mortem assessment in vascular dementia: advances and aspirations

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Title
Post-mortem assessment in vascular dementia: advances and aspirations
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BMC Medicine, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12916-016-0676-5
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Kirsty E. McAleese, Irina Alafuzoff, Andreas Charidimou, Jacques De Reuck, Lea T. Grinberg, Atticus H. Hainsworth, Tibor Hortobagyi, Paul Ince, Kurt Jellinger, Jing Gao, Raj N. Kalaria, Gabor G. Kovacs, Enikö Kövari, Seth Love, Mara Popovic, Olivia Skrobot, Ricardo Taipa, Dietmar R. Thal, David Werring, Stephen B. Wharton, Johannes Attems

Abstract

Cerebrovascular lesions are a frequent finding in the elderly population. However, the impact of these lesions on cognitive performance, the prevalence of vascular dementia, and the pathophysiology behind characteristic in vivo imaging findings are subject to controversy. Moreover, there are no standardised criteria for the neuropathological assessment of cerebrovascular disease or its related lesions in human post-mortem brains, and conventional histological techniques may indeed be insufficient to fully reflect the consequences of cerebrovascular disease. Here, we review and discuss both the neuropathological and in vivo imaging characteristics of cerebrovascular disease, prevalence rates of vascular dementia, and clinico-pathological correlations. We also discuss the frequent comorbidity of cerebrovascular pathology and Alzheimer's disease pathology, as well as the difficult and controversial issue of clinically differentiating between Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and mixed Alzheimer's disease/vascular dementia. Finally, we consider additional novel approaches to complement and enhance current post-mortem assessment of cerebral human tissue. Elucidation of the pathophysiology of cerebrovascular disease, clarification of characteristic findings of in vivo imaging and knowledge about the impact of combined pathologies are needed to improve the diagnostic accuracy of clinical diagnoses.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 154 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 15%
Researcher 22 14%
Student > Bachelor 19 12%
Student > Master 11 7%
Professor 8 5%
Other 30 19%
Unknown 41 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 28 18%
Neuroscience 28 18%
Psychology 10 6%
Engineering 7 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 4%
Other 29 19%
Unknown 47 30%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 November 2017.
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#25
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