Severe COVID-19 looks scarily like old age in the human brain, according to a postmortem analysis of 54 healthy and infected individuals.
can affect the brain, although it is still not clear how long these changes might last or how they compare to those with severe COVID-19.
, published earlier this year, that found the cognitive impact of severe COVID-19 is equivalent to about 20 years of aging.the new findings open up"a plethora of questions that are important, not only for understanding the disease, but to prepare society for what the consequences of the pandemic might be."
in the brains of infected patients, which suggests the neurological consequences of the virus may not be directly due to their presence in the nervous system., which is associated with inflammation, brain aging, and aging-induced cognitive decline, was present at higher levels in the brains of infected individuals.both of these pathways"may lead to significant deteriorating effects in the brain in the absence of SARS-CoV-2 neuroinvasion.
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