One in three individuals will experience stroke, dementia or both. For most of the
20th century, dementia was attributed to arteriosclerosis and consequent chronic cerebral
ischemia, termed “arteriosclerotic dementia”. This view has been challenged by with
the increasing recognition of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the demonstration that
infarcts and not chronic ischemia were the basis of what came to be termed “multi-infarct
dementia” (MID). The term “vascular dementia” subsequently replaced MID as it was
recognized that there were many etiologies, to stroke and dementia apart from multiple
infarcts.
To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
Purchase one-time access:
Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online accessOne-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
Subscribe:
Subscribe to Journal of the Neurological SciencesAlready a print subscriber? Claim online access
Already an online subscriber? Sign in
Register: Create an account
Institutional Access: Sign in to ScienceDirect
Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 27, 2009
Identification
Copyright
© 2009 Published by Elsevier Inc.