Its mental health effects, especially that of young people, have been very documented. Just like those of the long covid, against which there is, for the time being, no remedy. Those on the aging of the brain had also started to be, but so far especially on patients who have been hospitalized for coronavirus. A recent study, however, brings new elements on the subject: the pandemic would also have affected beyond those it would have infected. The brains of people who have not been contaminated by the virus would indeed have aged faster than in normal times.
In a study published in
Nature
On July 22, researchers from the universities of Oxford and Nottingham investigated the impact of the pandemic on the brain. And their results are final: the simple fact of having crossed this period could have altered the brain, subjecting it to the equivalent of premature aging.
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In all, the brain of the participants in this survey would have an average aged 5.5 months more in two years of pandemic, compared to if they had not crossed it. And this, whether or not they were infected with the Sars-Cov-2.
People from more affected disadvantaged backgrounds
What is more, it is in men and people from more disadvantaged backgrounds than brain aging
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Source LePoint.fr
