From: Vascular depression consensus report – a critical update
Findings | Reference |
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No association with microvascular disease | [179] |
Cerebrovascular pathology (hemorrhages, infarcts, microinfarcts, lacunes) not more severe than in non-depressed aged | |
No increased white matter change | |
No increased Alzheimer’s disease pathology | |
No increased cerebral amyloid angiopathy (but association between plaque and tangle pathology and life time depression preceding Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis) | |
No hippocampal sclerosis | [31] |