Cortical microvascular raspberries and ageing: an independent but not exclusive relationship
Henric Ek Olofsson, Thea Österling Delshammar, Elisabet Englund · 2023
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Henric Ek Olofsson and co-authors investigate, in a 2023 autopsy study, tiny brain vessel clusters nicknamed raspberries and their link with ageing. A raspberry is three or more cut vessel openings sharing one surrounding space. Earlier work tied them to vascular dementia and hardened arteries, while other reports blamed age alone.
The team counted these clusters in frontal lobe tissue from 263 people aged twenty to ninety-seven. They then weighed age against many confounders: brain degeneration, strokes, small vessel disease, blood pressure, and diabetes. Heart and kidney changes were also included. Age mattered independently, yet it was not the whole story, leaving room for disease to add its share.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Henric Ek Olofsson, Thea Österling Delshammar, Elisabet Englund |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |