Hypertensive Adults Exhibit Lower Myelin Content: A Multicomponent Relaxometry and Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

John P LaporteMary E FaulknerZhaoyuan GongMohammad A B S AkhondaLuigi FerruciJosephine M EganMustapha Bouhrara

Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (2023)

These original findings suggest a direct association between myelin content and hypertension and form the basis for further investigations including longitudinal assessments of this relationship.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
magnetic resonance imaging
white matter
computed tomography
cross sectional
multiple sclerosis
contrast enhanced
diffusion weighted imaging