Amyloid β deposition in subcortical stroke patients and effects of educational achievement: A pilot study.

Our results suggest that processes before and after the onset of ischemic stroke may trigger Aβ deposition in the PCu/PCC, whereby amyloid deposition begins at an early stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Our findings support the existence of a cooperative association between vascular risk factors/stroke and AD progression. Further, educational achievement had a protective effect against the increase in Aβ accumulation.