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Soluble Biomarkers of Cerebrovascular Pathologies

Stroke Journal

Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) is an all-encompassing term that describes cognitive impairment due to cerebrovascular origins. VCID is heterogeneous, comprising many different pathological entities (ischemic, or hemorrhagic), and spatial and temporal differences (acute or chronic).

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Increased Plasma β‐Secretase 1 Activity Correlates With Neurodegeneration in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

Journal of the American Heart Association

We explore the potential role of plasma BACE1 in CSVD and the pathological process it may be involved in.Methods and ResultsWe enrolled 163 participants with CSVD (114 cerebral amyloid angiopathy and 49 hypertensive hemorrhage), and 96 cognitively unimpaired elders and 40 participants with Alzheimer'sdisease as controls.