VasCog 2021 Virtual: 11th International Conference of the VasCog Society, 8th - 9th September 2021

via Zoom platform, Newcastle University, UK





Poster


Microstructural changes in the penumbras of cerebral small vessel disease lesions are associated with cognition and sleep

Joel Ramirez1, Kirstin Walker, Melissa McSweeney, Hassan Akhavein, Melissa F Holmes, Miracle Ozzoude, Christopher JM Scott, Fuqiang Gao, Seyyed MH Haddad, Paula McLaughlin, Brian Levine, Donna Kwan, Manuel Montero-Odasso, Elizabeth Finger, William E McIlroy1, Anthony E. Lang, Maria C. Tartaglia, Jennifer Mandzia, Bradley J MacIntosh, Morris Freedman, Jennifer Rabin, Stephen C. Strother, Mario Masellis, Sean Symons, Robert Bartha, Andrew Lim, Richard H Swartz, Sandra E Black*, Maged Goubran*, ONDRI Investigators


Poster


Prevalence and correlates of white matter hyperintensities in Royal Canadian Airforce pilots and aircrew

Joel Ramirez, Oshin Vartanian, Melissa F. Holmes, Miriam Palmer, Christopher J.M. Scott, Shawn G. Rhind, Shamus Allen, Gary Gray, Sandra E. Black, & Joan Saary


Poster


EFFECTS OF VASCULAR BURDEN ON COGNITION ARE MEDIATED BY CORTICAL ATROPHY, AMYLOID, AND GLUCOSE METABOLISM :A multi-center mixed cohort of small vessel disease and Alzheimer’s pathology

Dr. Julie Ottoy; PIs: Dr. Sandra E. Black, Dr. Maged Goubran


Poster


Investigating the risk of cardiovascular risk factor subgroups on Alzheimer’s disease: a latent class approach

MYURI RUTHIRAKUHAN, HUGO COGO-MOREIRA, WALTER SWARDFAGER, NATHAN HERRMANN, KRISTA LANCTOT, SANDRA BLACK


Poster


Small and large MRI-visible perivascular spaces in the basal ganglia of Parkinson’s disease patients

Stephanie A. Berberian; Joel Ramirez; David P. Breen; Tiago A. Mestre; Connie Marras; Donna Kwan; Sean Symons; Mario Masellis; Sandra E. Black; Anthony E. Lang