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Exploring Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment: Small vessel disease of white matter and micro/nanoplastics Cognitive impairment due to vascular pathology was recognized by Otto Binswanger in 1894, before Alois Alzheimer presented his findings in 1907. Vascular causes of cognitive impairment are likely due to a range of pathologies that are still, a hundred years later, unknown. Recent epidemiological evidence from post-mortem human brains report cases may be afflicted by Alzheimer’s disease, vascular disease or both. Although it is well-known that hypertension and diabetes affect vasculature throu... https://ajp.amjpathol.org/article/S0002-9440(25)00294-9/fulltext