How does COVID-19 impact the brain? Neuroscientist Danielle Beckman and expert David Joffe discuss direct neuronal effects and sleep disorders in Long COVID patients, and the importance of thorough evaluations for accurate diagnoses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soJX37aXs3E

A new study in Psychiatry Research (2024) uses #fNIRS to identify disrupted brain activity in #LongCOVID patients, linking these changes to persistent symptoms like fatigue and cognitive dysfunction

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159124007311

posted by @thememeticist.bsky.social earlier today on Twitter, featuring #NeuroCovid images by @daniellebeckman.bsky.social "We have actual photos of COVID eating brains but people will look you dead in the eye and says 'it's just a flu'." threadreaderapp.com/thread/19082... #Covid #Brain

#DanielleBeckman @whn on X wrote:

A paper came out today at
#NatureNeuro
showing neuroinflammation, microglia activation, and myelin loss associated with #NeuroCovid. I have been seeing and showing the same data. It is consistent across monkeys and humans.
https://nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01871-z

By Danielle Beckman @DaniBeckman

I'm excited to see this study out! #SARSCoV2 persists in the body for years after infection, especially in the skull and meninges. Vaccines help but cannot stop it.

Which organs are affected by SARS-CoV-2 vs. H1N1 influenza? Check below. #NeuroCovid

Source: https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(24)00438-4

X source: https://x.com/DaniBeckman/status/1862550076314591619

@auscovid19

People don't realize that many patients with
#LongCovid are now being treated in Brain Injury Clinics, together with patients recovering from traumatic brain injury after a concussion. It's been hard to keep up with the literature, here is one published yesterday #NeuroCovid

RT: @DaniBeckman

"An unwelcome guest: a photo of #SARSCoV2 infected cells arriving in the brain. This indicates neuroinflammation and blood-brain barrier disruption. The staining is for SARS-Cov-2 nucleocapsid protein (pink color), astrocytes (yellow), and nuclei of all cells (blue). #neuroCovid."

"Participants with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection were up to twice as likely to report cognitive impairment and fatigue as the group without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection."

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0297481

Ursache für „Brainfog” bei Long Covid entdeckt. Forschende haben erstmals geklärt, warum Long-Covid-Patienten so oft unter Gedächtnisproblemen und Konzentrationsschwierigkeiten leiden. #Brainfog #LongCovid #PostCovid #NeuroCovid #Corona
https://www.scinexx.de/news/medizin/ursache-fuer-brainfog-bei-long-covid-entdeckt/

Sono in lenta, lentissima ripresa.
Il covid mi ha davvero stroncata, a distanza di un mese ancora dolori, vertigini, debolezza muscolare, fiato corto, e una sequela di sintomi neurologici fastidiosi (la faccia addormentata, parestesie). Soprattutto le cazzo di vertigini. Però almeno sono tornata ad alzarmi dal divano e negli ultimi giorni ad uscire di casa.
Chi come me ha un sistema immunitario demmerda e tende all'autoimmunità sa di cosa parlo, la reazione scatenata da questo virus può essere davvero violenta e invalidante.
Porto la mascherina nel tentativo di proteggermi (ci manca solo il raffreddore o un alto ceppo di covid) e sono davvero l'unica in tutta la città. Sconosciuti mi apostrofano nei negozi facendo battutine e credo che una volta o l'altra finirà in rissa.
#neurocovid #longcovid #MetteteLaCazzoDiMascherina