Patterns of brain swelling may explain susceptibility of children to cerebral malaria
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
Brain swelling is a strong predictor of death in children with cerebral malaria (a severe form of the disease where parasites have accumulated in brain vessels), and also in mice with experimental cerebral malaria. A high-resolution whole brain imaging analysis of swelling in ECM suggests that cerebral malaria depends on the permissive environment in a specific brain area.