Plasticity of brain functional systems as a compensator resource in normal and pathological aging associated with atherosclerosis

Abstract

The analytical review address to the influence of atherosclerotic vascular changes in the development of age-related cognitive decline, the role of the cognitive reserve as a factor in the compensating of the brain changes associated with normal and pathological aging, and the reorganization of the brain functional systems in vascular cognitive impairment, reflected in the rhythmic activity of biopotentials.

Keywords

• normal and pathological ageing
• atherosclerosis
• cognitive impairment
• quantitative eeg
• eeg indices