Topics

• Definitions and Diagnostic Criteria for Vascular and Mixed Dementia
• Mixed Dementia
• Specific Vascular Cognitive Syndromes
• Epidemiology: Prevalence and Incidence Studies, Risk Factors
• Mechanisms: White Matter Changes, Strategic Strokes, Multiple Lacunae
• Cellular processes: Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis, Endothelial Changes
• Evaluation: Structural and Functional Imaging, Transcranial Doppler, SPECT, PET, MRI
• Neuropsychology: Testing for cognitive impairment and for Depression in Vascular Brain disease
• Prevention and Treatment: Drug Trials, Inclusion Criteria, Outcome Measures
• Vascular Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease and Binswanger's Disease
• Genetic Forms of Vascular Dementia; Genes involved in Vascular Brain Disease
• CADASIL
• Amyloid Angiopathy
• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Homocystein and Brain Damage
• Vascular Depression
• Cardiac disease & Cognitive Impairment
• The Blood-Brain Barrier in Dementia
• Neurocanthocytosis
• Post-irradiation Encephalopathy
• MELAS
• Susac’s Syndrome
• Fabry's Disease