Table 2.

What are the molecular science “needs”, the gaps in vascular brain health?

Relation of brain structure and neuroanatomy to cognitive disease, specifically to vascular dementia and vascular cognitive impairment (VCI)

Understanding brain development, brain axonal wiring and plasticity of brain circuits

Molecular readouts to link brain imaging features to molecular and cellular brain pathology

Molecular biomarkers for better diagnosis, for discovering therapeutic targets and as quantitative endpoints in clinical trials

Predictive animal models relevant to human brain vascular disease and brain aging

These are not listed in any significant order.