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Dementia Research in the Caribbean Hispanic Islands: Present Findings and Future Trends
(Front. Public Health, 2021-01-18)
During the last decade, the Caribbean Hispanic islands experienced accelerated demographic aging, representing the fastest aging region within Latin America. Age-related non-communicable diseases, including dementia, are ...
Cuba’s cardiovascular risk factors: international comparison of levels and education gradients
(PLOS ONE, 2021-03)
Cuba’s life expectancy at 79 is third highest in Latin America. Many attribute this to social investments in health and education, but comparative research is sparse, thus we compare Cuba with neighboring Dominican Republic, ...
The neurovascular unit dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease
(International Journal o f Molecular Sciences, 2021-02-16)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide.
Histopathologically, AD presents with two hallmarks: neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), and aggregates
of amyloid peptide (A ) both in the ...
Insoluble vascular amyloid deposits trigger disruption of the neurovascular unit in Alzheimer’s disease brains.
(Int. J. Mol. Sci, 2021-04-01)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease, characterized histopathologically
by intra-neuronal tau-related lesions and by the accumulation of amyloid -peptide (A ) in the brain
parenchyma and around cerebral ...
Current status and challenges of stem cell treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
(Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2021)
Neurodegenerative diseases called tauopathies, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy, and Parkinson’s disease, among others, are characterized by the pathological processing ...