NOVEMBER 2023, Jon Hamilton, NPR Scientists are learning more about how long COVID affects the brain. Michelle Wilson got COVID three years ago. She’s still waiting for her brain and […]
Cerebral blood flow in patients recovered from mild COVID-19
Souvik Sen, Roger Newman-Norlund, Nicholas Riccardi, Christopher Rorden, Sarah Newman-Norlund, Sara Sayers, Julius Fridriksson, Makenzie Logue, June 2023 Journal of Neuroimaging Volume 33, Issue 5 p. 764-772 Abstract Background and Purpose Cerebral hypoperfusion has been described in both […]
Long COVID: Know the cardiac, pulmonary, musculoskeletal symptoms
By: Jennifer Lubell, Contributing News Writer AMA News APR 2023 A multitude of cardiopulmonary and musculoskeletal symptoms can appear in patients with long COVID, often within a three-month window. Dealing with […]
Study Identifies Four Major Subtypes of Long COVID
DECEMBER 21, 2022, Nature Medicine SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the virus which causes COVID-19, scientifically accurate 3D illustration showing surface spikes of the virus. Credit: Shutterstock The post-COVID syndrome known as long […]
Novel MRI reveals brain changes in long COVID patients
by Radiological Society of North America, NOVEMBER 22, 2023 People with long COVID exhibit patterns of changes in the brain that are different from fully recovered COVID-19 patients, according to research […]
Evaluation of Post–COVID-19 Cognitive Dysfunction: Recommendations for Researchers
Jaqueline H. Becker, PhD1; Tracy D. Vannorsdall, PhD2; Sara L. Weisenbach, PhD3, JAMA Psychiatry. 2023;80(11):1085-1086. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.2820 SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with increased rates of postillness cognitive dysfunction, colloquially referred to as “brain fog,”1 that may portend significant consequences for patient […]
Self-Reported Neuropsychiatric Post–COVID-19 Condition and CSF Markers of Neuroinflammation
Shelli F. Farhadian, MD, PhD1,2,3,4; Hailey D. Reisert, BS1; Lindsay McAlpine, MD3; et al, MA3,4 JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(11):e2342741. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.42741 Introduction Long COVID, also known as post–COVID-19 condition (PCC), refers to a range of symptoms that may persist for weeks […]
Dysgeusia in COVID-19: Possible Mechanisms and Implications
Francina Lozada-Nur, DDS, MS, MPH,a Nita Chainani-Wu, DMD, MS, MPH, PhD,b Giulio Fortuna, DMD, PhD,c and Herve Sroussi, DMD, PhDd : Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2020 Sep; 130(3): 344–doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2020.06.016, PMCID: PMC7320705, PMID: 32703719 […]
SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank
Gwenaëlle Douaud, Soojin Lee, Fidel Alfaro-Almagro, Christoph Arthofer, Chaoyue Wang, et. al. Nature volume 604, pages697–707 (2022)Cite this article Abstract There is strong evidence of brain-related abnormalities in COVID-191,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13. However, it remains unknown whether the impact of SARS-CoV-2 […]
SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy
Sydney R. Stein, Sabrina C. Ramelli, Alison Grazioli, Joon-Yong Chung, Manmeet Singh, Claude Kwe Yinda, Clayton W. Winkler, Junfeng Sun, James M. Dickey, Kris Ylaya, Sung Hee Ko, et. al. Nature volume 612, pages758–763 (2022)Cite this article Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is known […]