血管性認知症
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|November 24, 2015
まとめ
認知機能低下の一般的な原因である血管性認知症は 分類の問題とアルツハイマー病の不明確な関連性のために 承認された治療法がありません 有効な血管性認知症管理戦略を開発するには,さらなる研究が不可欠です.
科学分野:
- 神経学
- 神経科学
- 高齢者医療
背景:
- 血管性認知症は 認知症の2番目に多いタイプで 患者の15%を占めています
- アルツハイマー病とは異なり,血管性認知症には現在認可された治療法はありません.
- 診断の不確実性や 脳血管の問題と 認知機能の低下の間の不明確な関係が 課題です
研究 の 目的:
- 血管性認知症の研究における重要な分野と論争を批判する.
- 血管性認知症の 既存の治療試験を要約します
- 病原性を理解し,新しい治療法を開発するために必要な進歩を提案する.
主な方法:
- 血管性認知症に関する既存の研究の文献レビューと批判的分析.
- 過去の臨床試験と現在進行中の臨床試験のデータをまとめました.
- 知識のギャップと将来の研究方向の特定
主要な成果:
- 分類の曖昧さや明確な治療目標の欠如により,進歩が妨げられています.
- 血管病理とアルツハイマー病の病理のメカニズム的な関連は不明である.
- 現在の治療試験は限られた成功を収めている.
結論:
- 血管疾患とアルツハイマー病の 相互作用を理解することが重要です
- 治療可能な標的を特定することは 血管性認知症の管理を進めるために不可欠です
- 将来の研究は,治療戦略を改善するために病原性を明らかにすることに焦点を当てるべきです.
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