Friday, March 22, 2024

COVID’s toll on the brain: new clues emerge

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00828-9?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=2edf2ad296-briefing-dy-20240321&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-2edf2ad296-50423968

A slew of studies have identified how inflammation in the brains of people with COVID-19 might explain neurological symptoms such as loss of smell, headaches and memory problems. Growing evidence suggests that the immune response triggered by the virus leads indirectly to brain inflammation. One study found that people with long COVID and ‘brain fog’ had a leakier blood-brain barrier, which might let in molecules that cause inflammation.

Brain Fog