Study: Hypertension can heighten the risk of cognitive impairment
Hypertension can start impairing major brain cells responsible for cognition well before blood pressure increases by a measurable amount, according to a study conducted on mice, which can help explain how the condition is a major risk factor for cognitive impairment.
Findings published in the journal Neuron suggest that hypertension may induce early changes in how genes in a brain cell express themselves and could interfere with one`s thinking and memory, researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College said.
The study can provide clues for finding ways through which neurodegeneration -- seen in disorders such as Alzheimer`s -- could be blocked, they said.
Having high blood pressure has been shown to heighten one`s risk of cognitive impairment, usually seen to precede Alzheimer`s disease ...
