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Identifying whether blood can flow easily through vessels in the brain or whether there is a stall (blockage) is assisting scientists to research the connection between brain blood flow, Alzheimer’s disease and potential cures.

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Rights: Human Computation Institute, CC BY-SA 4.0
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