#DaniBeckman ( @whn ) on X wrote:
Post-acute viral infections are not new (note that I use 'post-acute,' not 'postviral' as viral persistence can occur). Yet, society & medical community continue to dismiss millions suffering with #LongCovid and other similar conditions. An excellent text: https://thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long-flu-long-covid-brief-history-postviral-illness
#DaniBeckman ( @whn ) on X wrote:
Beyond brain fog: #COVID19 can leave lasting effects on the brain.
Honored to be invited to write this Editorial for the Journal of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology. It relates to
#VirusesImmunity team's recent review. You can read it here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcn.13867
#DaniBeckman ( @whn) on X wrote:
Once we thought it would be nearly impossible to modulate #LongCovid in rodent models, but science is getting there. More evidence for direct #COVID neuroinvasion, viral persistence in the brain , and more explanations for cognitive and psychiatric alterations... #NeuroCovid
Read the original study published this week at #NatureComms here;
SARS-CoV-2 persists in the brainstem long after the initial infection has passed. Infected animals exhibit symptoms of anxiety, depression, and memory impairment as well as changes in the brain that can be related to neurodegenerative processes.
#DaniBeckman ( @whn ) on X wrote:
"Data revealed novel evidence that previously infected students exhibited distinct prefrontal haemodynamic patterns during cognitive engagement, reminiscent of those observed in adults four decades older ..."
#COVID #NeuroCovid
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159124007311
#DaniBeckman (@whn ) on X wrote:
Such an important comment on
#Nature from Oct. The shift from 'Alzheimer' to 'Alzheimer and related dementias (ADRD)' allows funding for other conditions that cause neurodegeneration and memory loss, like #NeuroCovid. #LongCovid
https://nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03047-4
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