[Expressions of Abeta1-40, Abeta1-42, tau202, tau396 and tau404 after intracerebroventricular injection of streptozotocin in rats].

Objective: To investigate the effects of intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of streptozotocin (STZ) on the expressions of Abeta and hyperphosphorylation of tau protein in rat brain.

Methods: Twenty-four adult SD rats were randomized into 2 groups to receive ICV of STZ bilaterally at the dose of 3 mg/kg (with the injection repeated on day 3) or normal saline injection in an identical manner. Twenty-one days later, the expressions of Abeta(1-40), Abeta(1-42), tau(202), tau(396) and tau(404) were investigated immunohistochemically.

[Vascular dementia and vascular cognitive impairment].

Vascular dementia (VaD) subtypes include multi-infarct dementia, subcortical ischemic vascular dementia, strategic-infarct dementia, etc. Poststroke dementia may be related to preexisting cognitive level, and the frequency increased with aging, lower educational level and accompanied vascular risk factors. Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) forms a spectrum that includes VaD, mixed Alzheimer's disease (AD) with a vascular component, and VCI without dementia.