Covid and Brain Damage

Covid and Brain Damage

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Long COVID Linked to Lower Brain Oxygen Levels, Cognitive Problems and Psychiatric Symptoms - Neuroscience News
Long COVID Linked to Lower Brain Oxygen Levels, Cognitive Problems and Psychiatric Symptoms - Neuroscience News
"Long COVID is linked to reduced oxygen uptake in the brain, a new study reports...finding is significant as a lack of sufficient oxygen supply may be one of the mechanisms that cause brain fog, cognitive problems...depression and anxiety"
·neurosciencenews.com·
Long COVID Linked to Lower Brain Oxygen Levels, Cognitive Problems and Psychiatric Symptoms - Neuroscience News
Blood biomarkers for detecting brain injury in COVID-19 patients
Blood biomarkers for detecting brain injury in COVID-19 patients
"Elevations of blood biomarkers indicative of brain injury have been reported in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of COVID-19 patients. Clinical application of blood biomarkers to improve medical management of COVID-19 published in Journal of Neurotrauma"
·medicalxpress.com·
Blood biomarkers for detecting brain injury in COVID-19 patients
What we now know about long COVID and our brains
What we now know about long COVID and our brains
"Of more than 665 million cases worldwide, nearly 1 in every 2 people with COVID-19 is at risk of developing Post-COVID-19 Neurological Syndrome (PCNS).. PCNS mimic some of the symptoms after a stroke and younger adults seem to be at particular risk."
·pursuit.unimelb.edu.au·
What we now know about long COVID and our brains
MRI Shows Brain Abnormalities in Post-COVID Patients : Oncology Times
MRI Shows Brain Abnormalities in Post-COVID Patients : Oncology Times
"..patients who had recovered from COVID-19 had significantly higher susceptibility values in the frontal lobe & brain stem.. The results point to serious long-term complications that the coronavirus may be causing, even months after recovery.."
·journals.lww.com·
MRI Shows Brain Abnormalities in Post-COVID Patients : Oncology Times
Roland Baker on Twitter
Roland Baker on Twitter

Comprehensive explainer thread: Nature: Enhanced replication of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 in human forebrain and midbrain organoids: BA.2 replicated more efficiently & triggered substantially higher levels of apoptosis (cell death) in the infected human forebrain and midbrain organoids.

·twitter.com·
Roland Baker on Twitter
How COVID-19 causes neurological damage
How COVID-19 causes neurological damage
"researchers led by Professor Gregor Hutter from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and University Hospital of Basel have reported new insights into the development of 'neuro-Covid' in the journal Nature Communications."
·sciencedaily.com·
How COVID-19 causes neurological damage
UCSD research finds COVID damages brain cell synapses
UCSD research finds COVID damages brain cell synapses
"An international team of researchers led by scientists at UC San Diego School of Medicine has shown that the virus which causes COVID-19 can damage brain cell synapses, according to a report published Thursday."
·msn.com·
UCSD research finds COVID damages brain cell synapses
Long COVID Experts: ‘So Incredibly Clear What’s at Stake’
Long COVID Experts: ‘So Incredibly Clear What’s at Stake’
"It is estimated that more than 1/3 of people who have had COVID-19 also have neurological complications that persist or develop 3 months after infection. And 2/3 of people with long COVID still have neurological symptoms after 6 months"
·webmd.com·
Long COVID Experts: ‘So Incredibly Clear What’s at Stake’
Study explores COVID-19 effects on cognition
Study explores COVID-19 effects on cognition
"The study also found that the degree of cognitive impairment was not related to the amount of time that had elapsed between COVID-19 infection and the assessment, suggesting that they might be long-lasting."
·medicalxpress.com·
Study explores COVID-19 effects on cognition
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Starting thread on potential treatments for anosmia / parosmia (loss of/altered smell & taste) "Randomized clinical trial olfactory dysfunction after COVID-19: olfactory rehabilitation therapy vs. intervention treatment w/ Palmitoylethanolamide & Luteolin"

·europeanreview.org·
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