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Oxford study detects cognitive deficits months after mild COVID

Author:     Rich Haridy
Source:     New Atlas
Publication Date:     January 19, 2022
Link: Oxford study detects cognitive deficits months after mild COVID
Stephan:   Another article based on actual research showing that Covid has long term effects that are only slowly being understood. We are far from through this pandemic. Citation for the paper upon which this report was based: https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/4/1/fcab295/6511053
A study shows how even a mild case of COVID-19 can lead to long-term neurological problems
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A novel study led by researchers from the University of Oxford has investigated the lingering cognitive effects of mild COVID-19 in the months following infection. The research revealed minor deficits in attention and memory can be seen for up to six months following a mild infection.

It is becoming increasingly clear that a severe case of COVID-19 can result in lasting impacts to the brain. Alongside these acute impacts on the brain, there are persistent cognitive deficits being reported by long COVID patients that last months past an initial infection.

This new study, published in the journal Brain Communications, set out to investigate the other end of the disease spectrum. Here, the focus was on cognitive impacts in asymptomatic to moderate COVID-19 patients who do not report symptoms of long COVID.

More than 150 subjects were recruited for the study, with around 60 reporting a PCR-confirmed case of mild COVID-19 up to nine months […]

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1 Comment

  1. Albus Eddie on Monday, January 31, 2022 at 5:56 am

    A small sample of individuals with no pre-test data. The results are interesting but non-determinative.