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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv linked a higher 24-hour urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio with deep white matter lesions on brain MRI in older Japanese adults, with the association appearing to depend more on lower potassium excretion than on sodium alone. K…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that a composite cerebral small vessel disease (cCSVD) score from routine T1 MRI predicted 3-month cognitive recovery after stroke better than any single small-vessel marker in a 65-person cohort. Key Findings Recovery wind…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that nonverbal Theory of Mind (ToM), the ability to infer another person’s beliefs or perspective, varied in 44 adults with post-stroke aphasia and was more closely tied to vascular brain-health markers than to aphasia seve…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint used quantitative multi-parametric MRI mapping in 245 BeLOVE participants and found that white matter hyperintensities had lower MTsat and R1 plus higher proton density, with nearby normal-appearing white matter also showing micr…
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