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New Evidence Supports Autoimmunity as One of Long COVID’s Underlying Drivers
Mice that received antibodies from Long COVID patients showed symptoms including pain and dizziness, a Yale-led study has found.
22 Jul 2024
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Highlighting Yale’s Neuroscience Research
To better understand the impact of NIH funding, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal visited Yale School of Medicine for a tour of neuroscience lab facilities and a discussion with neuroscience researchers.
10 Jul 2024
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Long COVID Brain Fog: What It Is and How to Manage It
Yale Medicine experts discuss how treatments and coping strategies can help.
Source: Yale Medicine
29 May 2024
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Brain Fog: New Study Examines Causes of This Long COVID Symptom
A new study finds that neuroinflammation and blood-brain-barrier dysfunction are not likely drivers of the neuropsychiatric symptoms of Long COVID, giving researchers more clues in their quest to uncover what actually may be the culprit. This study is the first time researchers have tested a large cohort of people living with Long COVID for spinal fluid markers of brain inflammation and blood-brain-barrier dysfunction.
10 Nov 2023
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Center for Brain and Mind Health First Annual Symposium
The CBMH first annual symposium was held in May 2023, with over 100 in-person participants ranging from trainees to senior faculty.
1 Jun 2023
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Yale Creates Center Devoted to Brain and Mind Health
The center will foster transformational work that bridges existing departments, levels of analysis, and disciplinary boundaries, and will focus on areas of clinical and translational neuroscience that are broader than any single disease.
30 Aug 2022
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Rising Stars of Infectious Diseases: A Five Part Series. Part One: Shelli Farhadian, MD, PhD
Studying how infections affect the brain and mind
23 Jun 2022
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Long COVID and Cognitive Dysfunction: Searching for Answers
Gilbert H. Glaser professor of Neurology and chief of the Division of Neurological Infections and Global Neurology Serena Spudich, MD shares her knowledge of cognitive dysfunction in long-COVID patients, research conducted in her COVID Mind Study and Yale program, and what treatment options are currently available.
Source: TheBodyPro
16 May 2022
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How Effects on the Brain Can Produce Long COVID
COVID-19 may be primarily a respiratory illness, but its reach extends far beyond the lungs, with an impact that includes the brain. The neurologic and psychiatric complications of COVID-19 are incredibly diverse and sometimes persist long after patients recover from their initial infections.
26 Apr 2022
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Covid May Cause Changes in the Brain, New Study Finds
Brain scans before and after infection showed more loss of gray matter and tissue damage, mostly in areas related to smell, in people who had Covid than in those who did not.
Source: New York Times
7 Mar 2022
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$3.59M NIMH Grant Awarded to Serena Spudich, MD
A new, five-year, $3.59M grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) was awarded to Principal Investigator Serena Spudich, MD, Gilbert Glaser Professor of Neurology at Yale, along with co-PI, Joshua Cyktor, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh.
1 Jun 2021
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AAN 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting: Highlights
Each year, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) hosts a meeting wherein neurologists nationwide convene to present on their latest research findings and to learn from their peers. The following members of Yale Neurology presented abstracts at the 2021 virtual annual meeting:
13 May 2021
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New Long Covid Treatments Borrow From Brain Rehab Tactics
Cognitive problems are among the most persistent and common lasting effects of Covid. Now some patients are getting help from brain rehab programs.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
5 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 could have a long-term impact on the brain. We need more research.
But there might be neurological consequences of COVID-19 infection that we did not originally predict.
Source: The Washington Post
15 Feb 2021
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Researchers Connect Spinal Fluid Autoantibodies to Neurological Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients
Researchers Connect Spinal Fluid Autoantibodies to Neurological Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients
14 Feb 2021
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Brain Fog: A COVID-19 Symptom That May Linger
Some people who’ve recovered from COVID-19 continue to struggle for weeks or even months with short-term memory loss, concentration issues, and other cognitive symptoms. Neurologists believe “cog rehab” may help.
Source: Everyday Health
13 Feb 2021
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'We Are Looking For Answers': Treating The COVID Long Haulers
Dr. Serena Spudich discusses efforts to address long-lingering Covid issues.
Source: Connecticut Public Radio
13 Jan 2021
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Over 75% of People Hospitalized With COVID-19 Had Symptoms 6 Month Later
Scientists have learned a ton about COVID-19 in record time, but there are still a lot of uncertainties about the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes. One of those mysteries is “long-haul COVID”: People get COVID-19, recover, then experience lingering symptoms for months.
Source: Healthline
13 Jan 2021
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Aftereffects of COVID-19 can cloud the brain, or even cause strokes
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, neurologists are finding that patients frequently suffer difficulties in concentration and memory, even after recovering from the acute illness.
Source: New Haven Register
25 Dec 2020
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ACTG names second new award for Kevin Robertson
Serena Spudich, MD, professor of neurology and chief of Neurological Infections & Global Neurology at Yale University, is the first recipient of this award named in honor of beloved UNC neurology professor Kevin Robertson.
Source: UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine
23 Nov 2020