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Sep 24, 2024 16 tweets 3 min read
Does COVID-19 impact the brain?
Newly published @NatureMedicine

One year after hospitalisation with COVID-19, we tested cognition, scanned brains and took blood samples, here's what we found:

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nature.com/articles/s4159…
1. Cognitive deficits one year after hospitalisation were equivalent in magnitude to *20 years* of normal brain ageing Image
Jan 9, 2024 14 tweets 3 min read
Do cognitive deficits persist after COVID-19 and, if so, what is their biological basis?

Our NEW pre-print under review in @NaturePortfolio

We report one-year cognitive, serum biomarker, and neuroimaging findings in 351 patients

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Image N.B. this is @covidcns pre-print therefore it has not yet completed peer review, the findings are provisional and conclusions may change 2/n