Study finds COVID-19 brain damage but no infection

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Study finds COVID-19 brain damage but no infection

By Kate Madden Yee, AuntMinnie.com staff writer

January 4, 2021 -- A study conducted by a team of researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) found brain damage in patients who died of COVID-19 but no signs of SARS-CoV-2 in tissue samples. The research was published December 30 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The study results suggest that the brain damage "was not caused by a direct viral attack," senior author Dr. Avindra Nath said in a statement released by the NIH.

"We found that the brains of patients who contract infection from SARS-CoV-2 may be susceptible to microvascular blood vessel damage," Nath said. "Our results suggest that this may be caused by the body's inflammatory response to the virus."

Although COVID-19 primarily manifests in the respiratory system, patients also experience neurological complications. The reas...

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