"Microinfarcts and atrophy are known to be much more common, and more severe, in people with dementia, than in people without memory problems," Gelber explained.

The brains of many people with dementia teem with small lesions, called microinfarcts, reflecting tissue damage from occluded blood vessels. Moreover, epidemiological research links vascular injury ...

Microinfarcts may be puny, but they pack a punch when it comes to brain cleaning, according to new research. In the March 15 Journal of Neuroscience, scientists led by Maiken Nedergaard, University of ...

But, for microinfarcts, you don't have to know exactly when they occur. If an MRI shows a person is at high risk for microinfarcts, maybe one day we can put them on a drug for a while to reduce ...

But, for microinfarcts, you don't have to know exactly when they occur. If an MRI shows a person is at high risk for microinfarcts, maybe one day we can put them on a drug for a while to reduce ...

Neuropathologic Substrates of Vascular Cognitive Impairment From a neuropathologic perspective, the problem of studying ischemic VaD can be reduced with the understanding that this is a huge ...

Blood pressure is measured by two numbers: systolic (blood pressure in veins when the heart is pumping) and diastolic (blood going through the heart when it is at rest). Normal blood pressure is ...

September 1, 2011 — A new study offers compelling evidence that cerebrovascular pathologies, including macroscopic and microscopic infarcts, contribute to the development of mild parkinsonian ...

In microscopic examination of his subjects’ brain tissues, White said, he found significantly fewer microinfarcts in those who had taken beta blockers. “This is a tantalizing clue,” he said.