Pulmonary and cerebral damage in COVID-19 survivors: is there any association?
Alberto Arrigoni, Serena Capelli, Gianluca Imeri, Francesca Pennati, Serena Venturelli, Pietro Andrea Bonaffini, Francesco Sanvito, Paolo Marra, Andrea Aliverti, Fabiano Di Marco, Simonetta Gerevini, Anna Caroli · 2026
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Alberto Arrigoni leads a 2026 study of lung and brain damage in people who survived COVID-19. The team studied 27 patients who had both breathing and nerve or brain symptoms. Each person had lung function tests, a chest scan, and a brain scan at the study visit.
Worse lung function was linked to smaller amounts of gray matter, the brain tissue that handles much thinking work. Lower lung scores were also tied to higher blood flow in that tissue. White matter measures showed no clear link. The authors suggest shared blood vessel harm may connect lung and brain effects, and they call for follow-up studies over time to see how these changes develop.
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| CREATOR | Alberto Arrigoni, Serena Capelli, Gianluca Imeri, Francesca Pennati, Serena Venturelli, Pietro Andrea Bonaffini, Francesco Sanvito, Paolo Marra, Andrea Aliverti, Fabiano Di Marco, Simonetta Gerevini, Anna Caroli |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49368 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |