Hereditary vascular dementia linked to notch 3 mutations - CADASIL in British families

  • N J Thomas
  • , C M Morris
  • , F Scaravilli
  • , J Johansson
  • , M Rossor
  • , R De Lange
  • , D St Clair
  • , J Nicoll
  • , C Blank
  • , A Coulthard
  • , K Bushby
  • , P G Ince
  • , D Burn
  • , R N Kalaria* (Corresponding Author)
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The most common form of familial vascular dementia is considered to be CADASIL or cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, which is now also increasingly manifest in the United Kingdom, CADASIL has been previously dubbed as a familial form of Binswanger disease. However, unlike in Binswanger disease CADASIL does not involve hypertension or other risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease. CADASIL appears to be essentially a disorder of the arteries that is linked to single missense mutations in the NOTCH 3 gene locus on chromosome 19, The pathogenesis of the disorder or the genetic mechanism leading to brain infarcts and dementia is not known, The elucidation of the microvascular pathology evident in CADASIL, may be an interesting way to delineate effects of defective genes on brain cells from systemic vascular influences.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)293-298
Number of pages6
JournalAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume903
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2000

Funding

The work was supported by a Zenith Award from the National Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, USA, and grants from the NINDS (NIH) and UK MRC.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • AUTOSOMAL-DOMINANT ARTERIOPATHY
  • SUBCORTICAL INFARCTS
  • LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY CADASIL
  • ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE
  • MRI LESIONS
  • BRAIN
  • SPECTRUM
  • VESSELS
  • STROKE

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