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More Room Around the Blood Vessels

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The image on the next page shows white dots caused by an increased amount of cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the blood vessels in the deeper brain regions. These blood vessels go to the centre of the brain in order to supply oxygen and nutrients.

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Hendrikse, J. (2017). More Room Around the Blood Vessels. In: This is Our Brain. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4148-8_8

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