Association of Parental Stroke With Brain Injury and Cognitive Measures in Offspring: The Framingham Heart Study [Brief Reports]

Conclusions— Parental stroke by age 65 years is associated with increased vascular brain injury and lower memory in offspring equivalent to 3 and 7 years of brain aging, respectively. This may be partly attributed to inheritance of vascular risk factors.

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Source: Stroke - February 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Weinstein, G., Beiser, A. S., Au, R., DeCarli, C., Wolf, P. A., Seshadri, S. Tags: Cerebrovascular disease/stroke, CT and MRI Brief Reports Source Type: research