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1Department of Neurology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 2Department of Medicine,The University of Hong Kong, 3Centre of Buddhist Studies,The University of Hong Kong, 4Department of Diagnostic Radiology,The University of Hong Kong, 5Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone & Healthy Aging,The University of Hong Kong
Chapters
- 00:05Introduction
- 00:59Neuropsychological Assessments
- 02:20Visual Silent Cerebrovascular Lesion (SCL) Rating: Silent Lacunes
- 03:32Visual SCL Lesion Rating: Cerebral Microbleeds
- 04:09White Matter Intensities: Periventricular and Deep White Matter Hyperintensities
- 04:58Results: Representative SCL Distribution and Associations Between Neurovascular Architecture and Cognitive Function
- 06:30Conclusion
Here, we present a protocol to assess whether various types of silent cerebrovascular lesions are differentially associated with deficits in certain cognitive domains in a cohort of 398 hypertensive elderly Chinese, using a combination of neuropsychological tests and multi-sequence 3T MRI scanning.
