Open AccessMental disorders in Binswanger's disease
Author(s) -
Д. М. Менделевич,
G. D. Safina
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nevrologičeskij vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2304-3067
pISSN - 1027-4898
DOI - 10.17816/nb89675
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , white matter , pseudobulbar palsy , cerebral arteriosclerosis , pathology , lesion , vascular dementia , disease , arteriosclerosis , neuroscience , psychology , cardiology , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology
Subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy, or Binswanger's disease (BD), is a special form of chronic progressive vascular disease of the brain, the main clinical manifestation of which is dementia in combination with a variety of neurological symptoms (subcortical, cerebellar, pseudobulbar and pyramidal syndromes and disorders of other pelvic organs) .). The genesis of the disease, primarily dementia syndrome, is based on diffuse lesion of the white matter (BV) of the cerebral hemispheres, caused by severe arteriosclerosis of the blood vessels supplying it.