Susana Muñoz Maniega

May 20, 2024 | nature.com | Colin Buchanan |Susana Muñoz Maniega |Joanna M. Wardlaw |Ian J Deary |Simon Cox

AbstractNeighbourhood disadvantage may be associated with brain health but the importance of exposure at different stages of the life course is poorly understood. Utilising the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936, we explored the relationship between residential neighbourhood deprivation from birth to late adulthood, and global and local neuroimaging measures at age 73.

Apr 17, 2023 | nature.com | Marie-Gabrielle Duperron |Maria J. Knol |Quentin Le Grand |Tavia E. Evans |Ami Tsuchida |Gennady V Roshchupkin | +35 more

AbstractPerivascular space (PVS) burden is an emerging, poorly understood, magnetic resonance imaging marker of cerebral small vessel disease, a leading cause of stroke and dementia. Genome-wide association studies in up to 40,095 participants (18 population-based cohorts, 66.3 ± 8.6 yr, 96.9% European ancestry) revealed 24 genome-wide significant PVS risk loci, mainly in the white matter.