Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores : r/news
“Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores"
Pioneering discovery and therapeutics at the brain-vascular-immune interface
A new paper in Cell, “Pioneering discovery and therapeutics at the brain-vascular-immune interface,” describes COVID-19 as a neurological disease alongside multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, stroke and traumatic brain injury.
“COVID-19 can accelerate progression of dementia and induce BBB disruption and inflammatory blood clots causally linked with neuroinflammation and neuronal loss.8 In neurodevelopmental disorders, prematurity and perinatal hypoxia that trigger brain hemorrhage and BBB disruption are risk factors for cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and autism. Collectively, these risk factors highlight the interconnected vascular and immune triggers of neurological diseases.”
Study: COVID-19 Can Accelerate Brain Aging, Lead to Irreversible Neurological Conditions
“Tiny leakages of blood in crucial brain regions of patients infected with Covid-19 can accelerate brain aging and lead to irreversible neurodegenerative conditions, according to a Houston Methodist review study.”
Cerebral hypoperfusion in post-COVID-19 cognitively impaired subjects revealed by arterial spin labeling MRI
Study examining patients at a long COVID neurology clinic showing deficits in executive, attention, language and memory functions. MRIs showed reduced blood flow to frontal, parietal and temporal regions of the brain compared to age & sex matched controls
What Drives Post-COVID Cognitive Changes?
Covid brain damage: Millions have persistent cognitive issues after SARS-CoV-2 due to vascular injury...even young & healthy who had mild case.
"However, there are not yet effective laboratory tests or treatments for COVID-associated cognitive changes."