Patients with AD have altered microvascular network in the retina (narrower retinal venules and a sparser and more tortuous retinal vessels) compared with matched nondemented controls. These changes in retinal microvasculature may reflect similar pathophysiological processes in cerebral microvasculature in the brains of patients with AD.
Authors: Carol Y. Cheung, Yi Ting Ong, M. Kamran Ikram, Shin Yeu Ong, Xiang Li, Saima Hilal, Joseree‐Ann S. Catindig, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Philip Yap, Dennis Seow, Christopher Chen, Tien Yin Wong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2013.06.009
Publish Year: 2014
