medRxiv
Kidney-related high blood pressure damaged white matter in rats
About two-thirds of rats with kidney-related high blood pressure developed white matter lesions, which expanded between seven and nine weeks.About two-thirds of rats with kidney-related high blood pressure developed white matter lesions, which expanded between seven and nine weeks.
Preprint: rat study · 13 ratsKidney
Who was studied13 male Sprague-Dawley rats, 9 weeks, against sham-operated rats
What changedWhite matter lesions developed in 61.5% of rats with kidney-related hypertension, with sham-operated rats serving as controls
The catchMRI comparisons included only 13 hypertensive rats and 5 sham-operated controls