Gene Changes Caused by Severe COVID-19 Infection Can Make Brain Age Faster, Study Says

Gene Changes Caused by Severe COVID-19 Infection Can Make Brain Age Faster, Study Says
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Bill Pan
By Bill Pan, Reporter
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Changes in the gene activity inside the brains of severe COVID-19 patients are “strikingly similar” to those seen in people of old age, a new study suggests.

Published this week in Nature Aging, the study focused on genes that are expressed in the frontal cortex, a region in the brain critically responsible for cognition. Age-related deficits in cognitive function have long been attributed to changes within this region.
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