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Cerebral vasoreactivity in senile dementia. 1977

W J Dekoninck, and M Collard, and G Noel

A group of clinical senile dementia patients underwent a series of cerebrovascular examinations. Some of them were standard examinations (fundus oculi, electroencephalogram, rheoencephalogram, cerebral angiogram and pneumonencephalogram) while the others were studying regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and modification of flow under fonctional tests (hypercapnia, hypocapnia and intravenous injection of 50 mg chl. papaverine) using the 133Xe clearance technique. The senile dementia group (III) was compared with 'normal' old patients group (I) and with patients suffering from sequelae of a previous stroke or from minor mental disorders (group II). Elderly subjects regarded as 'normal' often present alterations in usual vascular examinations but reveal a relative integrity of cerebral autoregulation. Some patients considered irreversibly 'sclerotic' still have a good grey matter flow (r1CBF) with real vasomotor possibilities. In each of the three groups of elderly subjects, there seemed to be a lack of correlation between the clinical symptoms and certain specific vascular examination.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002533 Cerebral Angiography Radiography of the vascular system of the brain after injection of a contrast medium. Angiography, Cerebral,Angiographies, Cerebral,Cerebral Angiographies
D002536 Cerebral Arteries The arterial blood vessels supplying the CEREBRUM. Arteries, Cerebral,Artery, Cerebral,Cerebral Artery
D002537 Intracranial Arteriosclerosis Vascular diseases characterized by thickening and hardening of the walls of ARTERIES inside the SKULL. There are three subtypes: (1) atherosclerosis with fatty deposits in the ARTERIAL INTIMA; (2) Monckeberg's sclerosis with calcium deposits in the media and (3) arteriolosclerosis involving the small caliber arteries. Clinical signs include HEADACHE; CONFUSION; transient blindness (AMAUROSIS FUGAX); speech impairment; and HEMIPARESIS. Cerebral Arteriosclerosis,Intracranial Atherosclerosis,Cerebral Atherosclerosis,Arterioscleroses, Cerebral,Arterioscleroses, Intracranial,Arteriosclerosis, Cerebral,Arteriosclerosis, Intracranial,Atheroscleroses, Cerebral,Atheroscleroses, Intracranial,Atherosclerosis, Cerebral,Atherosclerosis, Intracranial,Cerebral Arterioscleroses,Cerebral Atheroscleroses,Intracranial Arterioscleroses,Intracranial Atheroscleroses
D002560 Cerebrovascular Circulation The circulation of blood through the BLOOD VESSELS of the BRAIN. Brain Blood Flow,Regional Cerebral Blood Flow,Cerebral Blood Flow,Cerebral Circulation,Cerebral Perfusion Pressure,Circulation, Cerebrovascular,Blood Flow, Brain,Blood Flow, Cerebral,Brain Blood Flows,Cerebral Blood Flows,Cerebral Circulations,Cerebral Perfusion Pressures,Circulation, Cerebral,Flow, Brain Blood,Flow, Cerebral Blood,Perfusion Pressure, Cerebral,Pressure, Cerebral Perfusion
D003704 Dementia An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness. Senile Paranoid Dementia,Amentia,Familial Dementia,Amentias,Dementia, Familial,Dementias,Dementias, Familial,Dementias, Senile Paranoid,Familial Dementias,Paranoid Dementia, Senile,Paranoid Dementias, Senile,Senile Paranoid Dementias
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D014666 Vasomotor System The neural systems which act on VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE to control blood vessel diameter. The major neural control is through the sympathetic nervous system. System, Vasomotor,Systems, Vasomotor,Vasomotor Systems

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