![Loading...](https://link.springer.com/static/c4a417b97a76cc2980e3c25e2271af3129e08bbe/images/pdf-preview/spacer.gif)
-
Chapter
The Relationship Between Aortic Stiffness, Microvascular Disease in the Brain and Cognitive Decline: Insights into the Emerging Epidemic of Alzheimer’s Disease
The leading current hypothesis of age-related dementia (Alzheimer’s disease) considers this a consequence of the beta-amyloid peptide or of the intracellular skeletal protein tau, causing breakdown of the cere...
-
Article
Decreased nocturnal systolic blood pressure fall in older subjects with depression
Depressed subjects have a two-fold increased risk of CV events than non-depressed ones. Altered blood pressure (BP) circadian profile may be one mechanism underlying this association. We studied 135 elderly su...
-
Article
Aortic correlates of clinical markers of large artery structure and function. Effects of aging and hypertension
Background and aims: Non-invasive measures of large artery structure and function — such as aorto-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), arterial compliance (AC) and common carotid intima-media thick...
-
Article
Age-related changes in cognitive domains. A population-based study
Background and aims: The aim of the present study is to describe the effects of aging on various cognitive domains (global cognitive function, executive function, motor speed) in a population sam...