Presence of white spots on MRI brain scans linked to genetic risk of dementia in older adults
They show up as bright white spots when you get a brain MRI: lesions called white matter hyperintensities, or WMH. And their ...
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What Is a Brain Scan and Should You Get One? Here's What To Know
"Certain brain MRI sequences allow us to assess the integrity of the white matter. Occasionally, we can see ‘white spots' or white matter hyperintensities, which are abnormalities in the white ...
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Your Brain Might Start 'Eating Itself' During Strenuous Endurance Exercise
When the human brain is starved of energy, it may start to 'eat' its own fatty tissue for fuel, according to a pilot study on ...