title: Recent progress on small vessel disease with cognitive impairment.
abstract: Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) refers to different degrees of cognitive dysfunction syndrome caused by all kinds of cerebral vascular disease and vascular factors. Before in the development of vascular dementia (VaD), early diagnosis and intervention can prevent and delay the progress of VCI, even reverse cognitive impairment. In this review, we summarized the research progress of vascular cognitive impairment in pathophysiology, biomarkers and treatments, etc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Shanghai Tenth People Hospital, Tongji University, School of Medicine China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Shanghai Tenth People Hospital, Tongji University, School of Medicine China.
authors.forename: Xue-Yuan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Shanghai Tenth People Hospital, Tongji University, School of Medicine China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fang
keywords: Vascular dementia; biomarkers; cognitive impairment; molecular mechanism; treatments