Abbreviations and Acronyms

AC Ameroid Constrictor

ACAS Asymmetrical Common Carotid Artery Stenosis

AD Alzheimer’s Disease

APP Amyloid Precursor Protein

BCCO Bilateral Carotid Artery Occlusion

BCAS Bilateral Carotid Artery Stenosis

BD Binswanger’s Disease

CADASIL Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical

Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy

CBF Cerebral Blood Flow

CCA Common Carotid Artery

CVSD Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

DNMS Delayed Non-Matching to Sample

FLAIR Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery

MWMT Morris Water Maze Test

NORT Novel Object Recognition Test

PAT Passive Avoidance Test

RAM Radial Arm Maze

SHR/SP Spontaneously Hypertensive/Stroke Prone Rats

VaD Vascular Dementia

VCI Vascular Cognitive Impairment

WM White Matter

WMH White Matter Hypersensitivities

WML White Matter Lesions