A new study from UCLA Health has uncovered how inflammation in brain blood vessels exacerbates damage in vascular dementia and demonstrated that targeting this ...

This collection invites research on neuroscience, immunology, hematology and others that explore brain-immune-vascular system disruption contributing to dementia.

The way your brain ages depends on a mix of health and lifestyle factors. Recent research has uncovered insights into the link between brain resilience and these variables. Scientists at ...

Learn what tests doctors use to diagnose and stage vascular dementia, including blood tests, neuropsychological tests, and brain scans.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, and there are also other causes, such as frontotemporal dementia and vascular dementia. A key feature of all types of dementia is ...

An increased risk of dementia among individuals exposed to brain trauma, traumatic brain injury, has been known for almost a century.

Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of brain diseases that cause memory loss and other cognitive decline. More than 100 medical conditions can cause dementia.

Overall, the study found that 45% of all brain donors showed evidence of vascular brain injury, establishing a baseline rate across the entire sample of 740 people.

A nationwide Korean study finds a surprising link between varicose veins and dementia, and suggests that treating the veins could help prevent vascular brain damage.

Cognitive decline and dementia can stem from illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease and conditions like hypertension that damage blood vessels in the brain. People with both may have an even greater risk ...

A major new study suggests that maintaining good vascular health could substantially reduce dementia risk before age 80. Researchers followed more than 12,000 participants for 33 years and found ...