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Cerebrovascular damage after midlife transient hypertension in non-transgenic and Alzheimer's disease rats.
Brain research - 1 May 2021
Lai Aaron Y, Joo Illsung L, Trivedi Arunachala U, Dorr Adrienne, Hill Mary E, Stefanovic Bojana, McLaurin JoAnne
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension, including transient events, is a major risk factor for developing late-onset dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Anti-hypertensive drugs facilitate restoration of normotension without amelioration of increased dementia risk suggesting that transient hypertensive insults cause irreversible damage. This study characterized the contribution of transient hypertension to sustained brain damage as a...
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