COVID-19对认知和大脑健康的影响
Sijia Zhao1, Sofia Toniolo2, Adam Hampshire3
1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK.
Trends in cognitive sciences
|September 1, 2023
概括
长期COVID综合征可能会导致持续的神经和认知问题. 这些症状可能与或没有脑部变化发生,甚至影响无症状个体.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- COVID-19呈现出各种神经,认知和心理健康症状.
- 这些症状可以是急性或慢性,在长期COVID综合征中持续数月.
研究的目的:
- 审查COVID-19中神经/认知症状的证据.
- 探索症状,认知缺陷和神经成像发现之间的关系.
- 考虑这些后COVID状况的潜在潜在机制.
主要方法:
- 审查有关COVID-19相关神经和认知影响的现有文献.
- 对研究受影响个体认知功能和神经成像的研究进行分析.
主要成果:
- 神经和认知症状在COVID-19和长期COVID中很常见.
- 认知缺陷可能伴有或没有客观神经成像异常.
- 认知障碍甚至可以发生在无症状的情况下.
结论:
- COVID-19的神经影响是复杂的和多方面的.
- 症状并不总是与可测量的大脑变化相关.
- 需要对机制进行进一步的研究,以了解和治疗长期COVID的神经系统连续症.
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