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MRI research progress of white matter lesions and related vascular cognitive impairment
LI Xiaoling  LIU Xiaohui  CAO Danna  WANG Feng  QU Bing  JIANG Xiaoxu  CAI Lina  YAO Chunli  CUI Xuan 

Cite this article as: Li XL, Liu XH, Cao DN, et al. MRI research progress of white matter lesions and related vascular cognitive impairment[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(7): 98-101. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.07.023.


[Abstract] By searching the literatures about white matter lesion (WML) and vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) and their internal correlation, the internal correlation and central mechanism of WML and VCI are gradually discussed from the aspects of etiology of WML, cognitive impairment caused by WML and possible internal mechanism of VCI caused by WML, so as to provide theoretical basis for clinical prevention and treatment. MRI technology plays an important role in clinical cognitive research with its unique advantages. It can improve the detection rate of VCI and provide reliable technical means for its mechanism research.
[Keywords] white matter lesions；vascular cognitive impairment；cerebral small vessel disease；cholinergic system；magnetic resonance imaging

LI Xiaoling1   LIU Xiaohui2   CAO Danna1   WANG Feng1   QU Bing1*   JIANG Xiaoxu2   CAI Lina2   YAO Chunli2   CUI Xuan2  

1 Department of CT and MRI, the First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China

2 Graduate School of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China

Qu B, E-mail: 245080726@qq.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS General Projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82074537, 81973930). Projects of Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (No. LH2020H103, H2016081). Harbin Excellent Subject Leader Project Fund (No. 2016RAXYJ096). Heilongjiang Province Chinese Medicine Research Project (No. ZHY2020-100). Innovative Research Project for Postgraduates of Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (No. 2020yjscx006).
Received  2021-03-13
Accepted  2021-04-19
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.07.023
Cite this article as: Li XL, Liu XH, Cao DN, et al. MRI research progress of white matter lesions and related vascular cognitive impairment[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(7): 98-101. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.07.023.

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