White matter damage patterns in the brain (IMAGE)

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White matter damage patterns in the brain

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Brain scans reveal different patterns of white matter injury, highlighted in various colors, that result from cerebral small vessel disease, the second-leading cause of dementia. The National Institutes of Health have awarded a team of researchers at WashU Medicine a grant to investigate the underlying causes of cerebral small vessel disease.

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Jin-Moo Lee, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis

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