Iron deposits in post‐mortem brains of patients with neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases: a semi‐quantitative 7.0 T magnetic resonance imaging study

Accumulation of iron (Fe) is often detected in brains of people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. However, no studies have compared the Fe load between these disease entities. The present study investigates by T2*‐weighted gradient‐echo 7.0 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the Fe content in post‐mortem brains with different neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases.

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