The Brain Prize 2019: French neuroscientists honoured for outstanding research into small vessel strokes in the brain - Lundbeckfonden

Aiming for treatment they have spent more than 30 years describing, understanding and diagnosing the most common hereditary form of stroke, CADASIL. For this, the four French neuroscientists are now receiving the world's most valuable prize for brain research – the Lundbeck Foundation Brain Prize, worth 1 million euros. Each year 17 million people worldwide suffer a stroke. Around 30 percent of these are mini strokes caused by changes in the small vessels of the brain. To begin with, these strokes cause temporary symptoms such as weakness, numbness and impaired coordination.