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Long COVID Patients Show Lower Levels of Brain Oxygen - healthday article 2023 March

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https://consumer.healthday.com/long-covid-symptoms-2659484961.html

In a particular area of the brain.

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"We are the first to show reduced oxygen uptake in the brain during a cognitive task in the months following a symptomatic COVID-19 infection," said lead author Dr. Peter Hall, a researcher in the School of Public Health Sciences at Waterloo, in Ontario. "This is important because a lack of sufficient oxygen supply is thought to be one of the mechanisms by which COVID-19 may cause cognitive impairment."
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Link to the study
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666354623000091?via=ihub
 
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