In long Covid, many symptoms are neurological, but the underlying brain disturbances remain poorly understood. In this study, researchers recruited 89 patients with persistent neurological symptoms after Covid-19 and 22 controls who had Covid-19 without persistent neurological symptoms. The data highlighted that 48% of patients with long Covid had episodic memory deficits, and 27% also had impaired global cognitive function, particularly attention, working memory, processing speed and verbal fluency. Compared with cured controls, patients with persistent neurological symptoms had a thinner cerebral cortex in the left posterior superior temporal gyrus. Other cerebral abnormalities were observed in these patients.
Last press reviews
Gut microbiota is involved in the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by an accum...
Elderly women with depression have a higher prevalence of low back pain
Low back pain is a pain in the lumbar vertebrae at the base of the bac...