Scientists uncover crucial links between Long COVID and brain blood vessel integrity, offering hope for new treatments and diagnostic methods. A team of scientists from Trinity College Dublin and investigators from FutureNeuro announced a major discovery that has profound importance for our under

This study shows links between Long COVID’s neurological effects, including brain fog and cognitive decline, and brain blood vessel integrity, offering hope for new treatments and diagnostic methods.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01576-9 (open access)

  • lemmyngEnglish
    3•4 months ago

    Would you say that the layman’s metaphor for this is like the brain suddenly living in a drafty house?

    • @Sekrayray@lemmy.world
      3•4 months ago

      I think in some ways that could work.

      I think a better one may be fish living in a tank that suddenly had its filter break (fish being the brain, and the filter being the BBB).