MRI Brain Age Mapped Stroke Recovery in 501 Patients
TL;DR: A 2026 study of 501 chronic stroke survivors in The Lancet Digital Health found a deep-learning brain-age model mapped both lesion-related aging in the damaged hemisphere and a younger-looking opposite hemisphere linked to worse motor impairment. Key Findings The damaged side aged upward, the spared side aged downward: Larger lesions raised ipsilesional regional brain …
