Javier Díaz-Nido · @Javier_DN
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Long COVID’s Lingering Impact: Brain Function Changes Can Persist for Months

People with long COVID have abnormal brain activity during memory tests, months after their initial COVID-19 infection, with less activity in the regions normally used for memory tasks, but more activity in other areas of the brain.

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neurosciencenews.com/brain-fun

#Neurovirology #LongCovid #covid #memory #BrainActivity #neuroimaging #NeurologicalDiseases #neurology #brain #neuroscience

Last updated 1 year ago

Javier Díaz-Nido · @Javier_DN
152 followers · 175 posts · Server red.niboe.info
Javier Díaz-Nido · @Javier_DN
152 followers · 174 posts · Server red.niboe.info

Could a Viral Illness Increase Chances of Developing Alzheimer’s or Other Neurodegenerative Disease?

Study reveals a significant association between certain viral illnesses, including viral encephalitis and pneumonia-causing flu with an increased risk of developing a neurodegenerative disorder later in life. Researchers say existing vaccines against the viruses may reduce the chances of developing neurodegeneration.

neurosciencenews.com/neurodege

#vaccines #viruses #virology #flu #Encephalitis #Neurovirology #ALS #parkinson #Alzheimer #Neurodegeneration #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #NeurologicalDiseases #neurology #brain #neuroscience

Last updated 2 years ago

Javier Díaz-Nido · @Javier_DN
134 followers · 147 posts · Server red.niboe.info
Javier Díaz-Nido · @Javier_DN
134 followers · 146 posts · Server red.niboe.info

Autopsy tissue samples of 44 people who died of COVID-19 showed SAR-CoV-2 virus spread throughout the body and to the brain, with traces of the virus lingering for 8 months.

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neurosciencenews.com/covid19-b

#covid #virology #Neurovirology #BrainDiseases #brain #NeurologicalDiseases #neurology #neuroscience

Last updated 2 years ago

Javier Díaz-Nido · @Javier_DN
111 followers · 123 posts · Server red.niboe.info

Olfactory Viral Inflammation Associated With Accelerated Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease onset may be accelerated by viruses that inflame and disrupt signals from the olfactory system to the hippocampus, a new study reports.

neurosciencenews.com/olfactory

#inflammation #Neuroinflammaton #hippocampus #OlfactorySystem #brain #viruses #Neurovirology #dementia #Alzheimer #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #NeurologicalDiseases #neurology #neuroscience

Last updated 2 years ago