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The research, which was published in the journal Nature, may be the largest study of its kind to date, reports CNN’s Nadia Kounang.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-new...180979692/

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The scans came from the UK Biobank—a research resource with data from half a million volunteers—where Smith is scientific lead for brain imaging. The baseline magnetic resonance imaging took place from 2014 through early March of 2020.

Possible Explanations

In their article, Douaud’s team offered several potential mechanisms by which SARS-CoV-2 infection might directly or indirectly alter brain structure, including

reduced sensory input related to loss of smell

neuroinflammation or immune reactions

direct viral infection of brain cells

Some of the altered brain regions identified in the study also have memory-related functions. Down the line, insight should come from the Alzheimer’s Association and researchers from more than 30 countries, who have formed an international consortium to study SARS-CoV-2 infection’s effects on the central nervous system in the short- and long-term.



https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fu...COVID%2D19.

[Ola]

Must say Thank you, PAP

For Endemic and opening up so soon

Otherwise, Jac Lau will scold me