Researchers find that the blood vessels of the eye change in a specific manner during the early stages of dementia.

Dementia — the progressive decline in cognitive abilities, impacting memory, language and reasoning — affects more than 6 ...

The scans reveal narrower arterioles (the small blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart) and wider venules (the smallest veins which receive blood from capillaries), and thinner retinal ...

The team found dementia risk scores were usually higher among people with narrower arterioles (tiny vessels that carry blood away from the heart) and wider venules (miniature veins that receive ...

Veins and arteries at the back of the eye have ... The team say their scans revealed that a system of narrower arterioles, wider venules and thinner retinal nerve fibre layers carrying visual ...

Assessing blood vessels at the back of the eye may one day become an accessible ... Ultimately, narrower arteries, wider venules, and thinner retinal nerve fiber layers were linked with a higher risk ...

She added, “I was surprised that venules (small blood vessels) were associated with so many different domains of Alzheimer’s disease – that suggests that it might be a particularly useful ...

In this study, the researchers found that people who had narrower arterioles (tiny blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart), wider venules (small veins that return blood to the heart ...

The team found dementia risk scores were usually higher among people with narrower arterioles (tiny vessels that carry blood away from the heart) and wider venules (miniature veins that receive blood ...