When an unexpected radical virus sweeps the world, we have to prepare for unforeseen consequences.
And, sadly, it seems COVID-19 survivors might lose some of their brain's cerebral matter as a long-term effect of the virus, according toThis study has yet to receive peer review, so there is no reason to panic, but this could be the first of several new studies attesting to the potential the COVID-19 coronavirus has for permanent damage to human physiology.Scientists have found a strong correlation between people who contracted and survived COVID-19, and brain-related pathologies.
"Our findings thus consistently relate to loss of gray matter in limbic cortical areas directly linked to the primary olfactory and gustatory system," which are the regions of the brain responsible for our sense of smell and taste, wrote the authors in the preprint study. Gray matter of our brains is crucial to the nervous system, operating the myriad functions of the brain.
The study also found that when humans lose gray matter in areas of the brain linked with memory, it could"increase the risk of these patients of developing dementia in the longer term," wrote the authors. While several breakthrough studies have recently surfaced about dementia and Alzheimer's treatment, including a new drug to treat symptoms of dementia,
The research warrants further investigation.
June 2021?surely this is incredibly out of date with much newer studies that ARE peer reviewed confirming these initial findings?