Dementia, high blood pressure and brain blood flow may be linked
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 08:49
in Health & Medicine
Blood flow through the brain is essential for the delivery of nutrients such as glucose and oxygen that are needed for nerve cells to function. During the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients can suffer from high blood pressure and blood flow through the brain is reduced: the greater the reduction, the worse patients' dementia becomes.