Bar nett ▁et ▁al ., ▁p ▁ 8 6 ).. ▁ ▁A ▁study ▁by ▁Robert ▁Wilson , ▁a ▁professor ▁at ▁R ush ▁University ▁Medical ▁Center ▁in ▁Chicago , ▁and ▁his ▁colle agues , ▁showed ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁that ▁children ▁under ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁moder ately ▁neglect ed ▁in ▁some ▁manner ▁by ▁their ▁care g ivers ▁had ▁a ▁ 3 ▁times ▁likely ▁risk ▁of ▁stroke ▁over ▁those ▁with ▁moder ately ▁low ▁levels , ▁after ▁cont rolling ▁for ▁some ▁common ▁risk ▁factors ▁( they ▁interview ed ▁ 1 , 0 4 0 ▁participants ▁ages ▁ 5 5 ▁or ▁older ; ▁after ▁ 3 ▁ 1 / 2 ▁years , ▁ 2 5 7 ▁of ▁them ▁died ▁and ▁ 1 9 2 ▁were ▁aut ops ied , ▁with ▁ 8 9 ▁having ▁stroke ▁evidence ▁upon ▁aut ops y ▁and ▁another ▁ 4 0 ▁had ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁it ). ▁Neg lect , ▁bul lying , ▁and ▁ab use ▁have ▁previously ▁been ▁linked ▁to ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁brain ' s ▁grey ▁matter ▁and ▁white ▁matter ▁and ▁to ▁acceler ated ▁ag ing . ▁For ▁further ▁information , ▁please ▁see ▁the ▁link ▁to ▁the ▁online ▁news ▁story ▁article ▁on ▁the ▁study , ▁from ▁the ▁N BC News . com ▁Health ▁V IT AL S ▁blog , ▁by ▁un named ▁Live S cience ▁staff . ▁ ▁Statistics ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁who ▁is ▁reported ▁for ▁neglect ful ▁behavior , ▁it ▁is ▁most ▁often ▁women . ▁The ▁higher ▁proportion ▁of ▁females ▁reported ▁for ▁neglect ▁may