Even Mild Covid Infection Can Cause Brain Shrinkage: Oxford-Led Study
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The research, published in the journal Nature, looked at changes to the brain on average 4.5 months after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection. This new insight into the damaging effects of COVID-19 will contribute to the overall understanding of how the disease spreads through the central nervous system.
Even mild infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can lead to shrinkage in brain areas related to smell, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Oxford.
The research, published in the journal Nature on Monday, looked at changes to the brain on average 4.5 months after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Using data from 785 participants in the UK Biobank, a large-scale biomedical database and research resource, the researchers found tissue damage and greater shrinkage in brain areas related to smell.
This new insight into the damaging effects of COVID-19 will contribute to the overall understanding of how the disease spreads through the central nervous system, the researchers said.
