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Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2016;2016:9627258. doi: 10.1155/2016/9627258. Epub 2016 Nov 23.

Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Treatments with Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Xinhua Zhou, Guozhen Cui, Hisa Hui Ling Tseng, Simon Ming-Yuen Lee, George Pak Heng Leung, Shun Wan Chan, Yiu Wa Kwan, Maggie Pui Man Hoi

Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau.
  2. Department of Bioengineering, Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai Campus, Guangdong, Zhuhai, China.
  3. State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
  4. State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; Department of Food and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  5. School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

PMID: 28042305 PMCID: PMC5141557 DOI: 10.1155/2016/9627258

Abstract

The prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia caused by cerebrovascular disease is likely to increase with the global aging population. Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) is a wide spectrum term used to include a diverse heterogeneous group of cognitive syndromes with vascular factors regardless of the cause of pathogenesis. VCID ranges from mild cognitive impairment to full-blown dementia with vascular dementia (VaD) as the most severe stage. It is further complexed by the coexistence of other forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent researches in the functions of the neurovascular unit (NVU) suggest that dysfunction of the NVU might be the cause of primary vascular events in the brain that leads to further neurodegeneration. In this review, we have briefly summarized various forms of VCID. There is currently no standard therapy for VCID or dementia. Given the fact that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has gained popularity worldwide, we also reviewed recent scientific and clinical findings on various antidementia TCM for the treatment of VCID, including

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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