What we consider as normal signs of aging could actually be indicators of brain damage.
Signs of brain damage can go undetected by normal scans.
When brains were examined under a microscope for signs of damage which would be invisible to normal brain scans, they found 29% of patients with no previously detected sign of stroke had clotted or narrowed blood vessels.
“Often the mild motor symptoms are considered an expected part of aging. We shouldn’t accept this as normal aging. We should try to fix it and understand it.
“If there is an underlying cause, we can intervene and perhaps lessen the impact.”
Dr Kieran Breen, director of research and development at Parkinson’s UK, said: “We know that as people get older they are more likely to develop mini-strokes, so tiny that they cannot be detected by normal scanning techniques.
