VCID	vascular cognitive impairment and dementia
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
CVD	cerebrovascular disease
VaD	vascular dementia
VASCOG	Society for Vascular Behavioral and Cognitive Disorders
BBB	blood–brain barrier
NVU	neurovascular unit
MID	multi-infarct dementia
SVD	small vessels disease
WMHs	white matter hyperintensities
CSF	cerebrospinal fluid
miRNA	MicroRNA
CBF	cerebral blood flow
CAA	cerebral amyloid angiopathy
WMLs	white matter lesions
EPVS	Enlarged Perivascular spaces
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
ICAM 1	intercellular adhesion molecule-1
VCAM-1	vascular cell adhesion molecule-1
MMP	matrix metalloproteinase
CNS	central nervous system
IL	interleukin
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor α
TLR4	toll-like receptor 4
CRP	C-reactive protein
ACT	alpha 1-antichymotrypsin
NSE	neuron specific enolase
NMDAR	N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor
MBP	myelin basic protein
NfL	Neurofilament light chain
CADASIL	Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy
Lp PLA2	lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2