The authors conclude that damage to the brainstem associated with infection may help explain some of the symptoms of long COVID. Following infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, ...
Small and dense but filled with vitally important neural fibers, the brainstem has been hard for brain imaging technologies ...
Groundbreaking MRI study links brainstem damage to long COVID symptoms in survivors. Study: Quantitative susceptibility mapping at 7 T in COVID-19: brainstem effects and outcome associations. Image ...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of medicine's most powerful diagnostic tools. But certain tissues deep inside the ...
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Share on Pinterest Ultra-detailed MRI scans show that severe COVID-19 damages the brainstem, a brain region responsible for vital functions like breathing. ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images Previous ...