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Stroke injury, cognitive impairment and vascular dementia.
This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia edited by M. Paul Murphy, Roderick A. Corriveau and Donna M. Wilcock. PMID: 26806700 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - January 21, 2016 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Kalaria RN, Akinyemi R, Ihara M Tags: Biochim Biophys Acta Source Type: research

Alzheimer’s disease: An exacerbation of senile phenoptosis
Abstract Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by progressive memory loss and cognitive decline accompanied by degeneration of neuronal synapses, massive loss of neurons in the brain, eventually resulting in complete degradation of personality and death. Currently, the cause of the disease is not fully understood, but it is believed that the person’s age is the major risk factor for development of Alzheimer’s disease. People who have survived after cerebral stroke or traumatic brain injury have substantially increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Social exclusion, low social activity, physical i...
Source: Biochemistry (Moscow) - December 1, 2015 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research