New Study Deepens Understanding of How Vascular Risk Factors Affect Alzheimer’s

Senior Housing News December 10, 2024
Andrew Christman

Researchers have found that Alzheimer’s and vascular risk factors affect blood flow in a variety of ways, particularly around the brain.

That’s according to a recent study published from the Alzheimer’s Association, in which researchers evaluated 257 people with different kinds of Alzheimer’s disease diagnoses and severity. The researchers found that certain vascular risk factors were associated with reduced cerebral blood flow (CBF) in white matter portions of the brain that otherwise appeared normal.

As a result, blood flow patterns could be used to help determine changes caused by Alzheimer’s and other vascular problems.

“Across the [Alzheimer’s] continuum, regional CBF changes likely reflect the effects of both neurodegeneration and microvascular impairment,” the study’s authors wrote. “Our findings support the contribution...

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