HACHINSKI, Vladimir (1941 – )
1941 –
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
1974 CE
#14115
Multi-infarct dementia. A cause of mental deterioration in the elderly.
The authors showed that contrary to the prevailing view that most dementias were caused by hardened brain arteries (cerebral atherosclerosis), most were multi-infarct dementias—dementias caused by multiple, smal…
1987 CE
#14116
Cognitive and neurologic findings in subjects with diffuse white matter lucencies on computed tomographic scan (Leuko-Araiosis).
"Abstract: As part of a prospective clinicopathologic study, a cohort of 105 "normal" elderly volunteers was investigated with computed tomographic scans, psychometric testing (Extended Scale for Dementia [ESD]) and n…
2012 CE
#14114
Cardiovascular and neurological causes of sudden death after ischaemic stroke.
Hachinski and Sörös discovered that the control of the heart by the brain is asymmetric, with the fight/flight (sympathetic) response controlled by the right hemisphere and the rest and digest (parasympathet…