Fig. 2From: Towards the concept of disease-modifier in post-stroke or vascular cognitive impairment: a consensus reportInteractions between pre- and post-stroke cognitive disorders and dementia. Pre-stroke dementia may be related to vascular or degenerative processes, indicating that cognitive impairment after a stroke can be associated with a pure vascular mechanism or a mixed process. Stroke induces regional atrophy through neuronal death directly related to the vascular lesion, or indirectly to the Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-related pathwayBack to article page