The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 percent of its total energy. To stay within budget, the brain must be highly ...

All day long, our brains carry out complicated and energy-intensive tasks such as remembering, solving problems, and making decisions.

New University of Virginia School of Medicine research suggests an unexpected way doctors may be able to improve blood flow ...

The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 ...

“The best outcomes, explains Dr. Modak, “occur when the medication is administered within 3 to 4.5 hours of the onset of ...

Therefore, the cerebral vasculature has a unique structural function as the blood–brain barrier (BBB). The structural basis of the BBB is microvascular endothelial cells, which, with astrocytes, ...

Magnetic resonance angiography – also called a magnetic resonance angiogram or MRA – is a type of MRI that looks specifically at the body’s blood vessels.

We developed a novel angiography‐based approach for blood flow quantification using automatic contrast bolus tracking. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the clinical impact of ...

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is characterized by elevated levels of LDL-C (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) since birth. However, the association between FH and cerebrovascular diseases, ...