Vascular dementia has long been overshadowed by Alzheimer’s disease, yet it is one of the leading causes of cognitive decline in older adults and often appears alongside other forms of dementia. Now, ...

A growing body of research suggests that the most common cause of dementia in older people is a mix of vascular and Alzheimer's-related brain abnormalities, and that approximately half of people who ...

There’s yet another reason to monitor and control your blood pressure. Scientists from the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center have published a study in the journal JAMA Neurology that ...

The blood-brain barrier -- a network of blood vessels and tissues that nurtures and protects the brain from harmful substances circulating in the blood -- is disrupted in Alzheimer's disease. Now, ...

Researchers have uncovered a potential route to developing the first ever drug treatments for vascular dementia that directly target a cause of the condition. The research has shed light on how high ...

Vascular neurosurgery is a subspecialty of neurosurgery. Neurosurgery refers to procedures of your brain, spine, spinal cord, and nerves (central nervous system). Vascular neurosurgeons specialize in ...

While vascular risk factors in midlife have been implicated in later life cognitive impairment, a new study suggests that vascular risk even earlier in life may actually be more important. The study ...

A newly discovered vascular brain barrier that blocks the passage of inflammatory molecules triggered by gut bacteria may be why patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk ...

With a new study, UC San Francisco researchers are the first to show how blood vessel cells develop in the prenatal human brain, paving the way to fully understand the role of these cells in healthy ...