White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) in the brain are the consequence of cerebral small
vessel disease, and can easily be detected on MRI. Over the past three decades, research …

Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia. The subcortical ischaemic
form (SIVD) frequently causes cognitive impairment and dementia in elderly people. SIVD …

This report reviews the state of the literature and opportunities for research related to
“executive control function”(ECF). ECF has recently been separated from the specific …

Background and objectives: In 2008 a task force was set up to develop a revision of the
European Federation of the Neurological Societies (EFNS) guideline for the diagnosis and …

There is an increasing prevalence of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) worldwide, and
several studies have suggested that Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion (CCH) plays a critical …

A critical endeavor in every health-related field is the continued development of new
technologies and instrumentation for improving diagnosis and treatment. For example, the …

Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI)[vascular cognitive disorder (VCD), vascular dementia]
describes a continuum of cognitive disorders ranging from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) …

Background and objectives The last version of the EFNS dementia guidelines is from 2007.
In 2010, the revised guidelines for Alzheimer's disease (AD) were published. The current …

This paper is a proposal for an update on the characterization of cognitive impairments
associated with sporadic cerebral small vessel disease (SVD). We pose a series of …

Gradient echo T2*-weighted MRI has high sensitivity in detecting cerebral microbleeds,
which appear as small dot-like hypointense lesions. Microbleeds are strongly associated …