UW-Madison neuroscientists are looking for ways to find “silent strokes,” a condition that is virtually unnoticed by those afflicted but can lead to mental decline.
A team of scientists at UW-Madison has received a $1.57 million federal grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke to see if people with unstable plaque in arteries can be identified early on, so therapy can begin sooner rather than later.