Vascular Dementia Epidemic Analysis
As far as the aging of the population of Russia the magnitude of dementia “epidemic” in the elderly will increase. Its most common causes are the degenerative brain diseases: vascular and Alzheimer's diseases; in some people dementia is caused by a mixed pathology [1, 2].
Vascular dementia (VD) is not considered to be a separate disease with its own inherent pathology, although it there were several attempts to recognize the VD a separate disease. It is a heterogeneous syndrome, including several different clinical and pathological manifestations: preferential frontal brain cortex disorders with impairment of motor functions, attention and behavior.
In the pathogenesis of vascular dementia an activation of glutamatergic NMDA-receptors plays
Vascular dementia (VD) is not considered to be a separate disease with its own inherent pathology, although it there were several attempts to recognize the VD a separate disease. It is a heterogeneous syndrome, including several different clinical and pathological manifestations: preferential frontal brain cortex disorders with impairment of motor functions, attention and behavior.
In the pathogenesis of vascular dementia an activation of glutamatergic NMDA-receptors plays