On observe « a deleterious impact linked to SARS-Cov-2 “, the virus causing Covid-19, in the brains of people infected months earlier, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Nature. This work is important because it provides the strongest evidence to date that Covid-19 can have long-term consequences on the brain, in particular the ” gray matter which includes neurons. On average, an infection with the virus results, several months later, in a loss or lesion of 0.2% to 2% of brain tissue in addition to what is observed in non-sufferers. However, the study does not make it possible to conclude either on the mechanisms of these cerebral lesions, nor on their irreversibility.
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