Mini Review
Vascular and Degenerative Dementia Convergences More Than Differences
Ildefonso Rodríguez Leyva*
Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Ildefonso Rodríguez Leyva, Head of the Neurology Service, Central Hospital “Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto”, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, SLP Mexico.
Received Date: January 06, 2020; Published Date: January 14, 2020
Abstract
Minimal and significant cognitive impairment can have both a vascular and a degenerative origin; both problems must converge in many situations. The brain weighs only 2% of our body but occupies 20% of oxygen and body blood flow. The structural alterations that include; Changes in blood supply (macro and microcirculation), in neuronal activity, in molecular changes (proteinopathies), and neurotransmission occur in both situations in both vascular dementia and neurodegenerative. Many of the risk factors for both pathologies coincide, especially age [1].
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Ildefonso Rodríguez Leyva. Vascular and Degenerative Dementia Convergences More Than Differences. Arch Neurol & Neurosci. 6(4): 2020. ANN.MS.ID.000641.
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