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. 2013 Apr 10;5:17. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00017

Table 6.

Major cerebrovascular lesions associated with cognitive impairment.

1. Gross large infarcts in supply territories of large cerebral arteries, in particular ACM, ACM+ACP, unilateral or bilateral
2. Lacunes (lesions 0.5–15 mm (Ø) and multiple microinfarcts or small hemorrhages in basal ganglia, thalamus, hippocampus, basal forebrain (“strategic infarct dementia”)
3. Multiple microinfarcts/scars in cortical border zones (“granular cortical atrophy”)—rare
4. Pseudolaminar cortical necrosis (mainly arterial border zones)
5. Hippocampal sclerosis
6. White matter lesions/leukoaraiosis/Binswanger disease
7. Combined cerebrovascular lesions

ACM, middle cerebral artery; ACP, posterior cerebral artery.