RE: https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/116699774705649206

Study from Oct 2026 found:

distinct patterns of cortical atrophy following Omicron infection

and people who'd had COVID

exhibited altered cortical morphology compared to HCs. Significant changes in the temporal, frontal, and cingulate gyrus, as well as the transverse collateral and lingual gyrus

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032726008785

I don't have access to the full paper, but it looks like they are comparing brain scans from 3 groups: healthy controls, people who had Omicron, and people who had Omicron who also developed insomnia after.

Some neurons are less important than others but generally speaking in adults it's bad to lose them!

So one for the "physical brain effects" pile.

#COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #neuroscience #neurology

From the US

"These findings challenge the hypothesis that preexisting mental health conditions are responsible for long‐COVID"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.70970

Screenshot from Science for ME weekly update

Hashtags:
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #PostCovidSyndrome #LC #Covidlonghaulers #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
#Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 #auscovid19 #CovidIsNotOver

RECOVER Research Update: June 2026

“Recent publications from RECOVER describe the unique effects Long COVID can have on children, identify changes in the body that may contribute to Long COVID symptoms, and explain how RECOVER has tested possible treatments for different symptoms of Long COVID.”

https://recovercovid.org/news/recover-research-update-june-2026

@longcovid
#LongCovid #PwLC #PostCovidSyndrome #LC #PASC #postcovid
#CovidBrain #COVIDー19 #COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver #auscovid19

Forschende haben untersucht, wie #SarsCoV2 #Schwerhörigkeit auslösen kann.

In Mausmodellen infizierte das Virus bestimmte Nervenzellen im #Innenohr, sogenannte Spiralganglionneuronen. Das Spike-Protein setzt die Zellen unter Stress und löst ihr Absterben aus.

Die Erkenntnisse könnten neue Therapieansätze ermöglichen, da gängige Kortison-Behandlungen oft wenig wirken. Auch bei #LongCovid werden anhaltende Hörprobleme beobachtet.

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(26)00329-3

#Coronavirus #COVID19 #PostCovid

RE: https://zeroes.ca/@datum/116666242258382212

You ever have that one friend who is a masochist who grows ghost peppers who you can not, must not trust to make hot sauce?

"It's mild! Don't worry, have a big dash!"

One big bite and you suffer nerve damage!

OK sometimes it's a virus and not a friend:

#SARSCoV2

A highlight from @ducky 's weekly roundup:

paper from China (2026-04-04) investigated how COVID-19 caused hearing loss, and they found that SARS-CoV-2 in infected lab animals migrated to spiral ganglion neurons — important in hearing — and killed them off.

https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/05/30/2026-02-29-general/

#COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Neuroscience