A new study led by WashU Medicine researchers has found older-looking brains in adults with sickle cell disease, helping to explain the cognitive challenges experienced by such individuals. A brain image from a healthy individual shows a larger brain with more white matter compared with a brain image from a patient with sickle cell disease. Healthy individuals experiencing economic deprivation also had more-aged appearing brains.
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