ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences2023
Effects of COVID-19 on cognition and brain health.
Review in Trends in cognitive sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- Metabolic brain changes in post-acute COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis of [18F]-FDG-PET findings.Brain structure & function · 2025Pooled it
- Neuroimaging Insights into the Public Health Burden of Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review of Electroencephalography-Based Cognitive Biomarkers.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Association between COVID-19 infection and new-onset dementia in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Parallel electrophysiological abnormalities due to COVID-19 infection and to Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Pooled it
- Functional brain abnormalities in post COVID-19 condition and their relationship with cognition.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Pharmacological targeting of bunyavirus-induced synaptic impairment prevents neuronal hyperexcitability.Nature communications · 2026Article
- NeuroCOVID Burden and Functional Impairment in Adults with Long COVID: A Secondary Analysis of an Italian Cohort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Temporal patterns of neurological deterioration in COVID-19 survivors: a longitudinal cohort analysis of post-acute neurological sequelae.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Presentation and temporal nature of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a US national cohort.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Article
- Clinical Outcomes and Mortality Following Delirium: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study on Hospitalized Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Longitudinal stability of cognitive impairments in post-COVID-19 syndrome assessed with the tablet-based Oxford Cognitive Screen-Plus.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- COVID-19 Fog Symptoms Are Associated with Brain Metabolism and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio-A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the COVMENT Trial Baseline Data.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Mendelian randomization analyses support causal relationships between COVID-19 and changes in brain structure and function.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Prior COVID-19 vaccination and cognitive outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a mini-review.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2026Review
- Long COVID affects working memory: assessment using a single rapid online test.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Two-year trajectory of cognitive decline and neurological sequelae in COVID-19 survivors with acute neurological symptoms.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Cognitive functioning in young adults after mild COVID-19: A case-control study from Iran.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2025Article
- Evidence for a severe cognitive subgroup in a comprehensive neuropsychological Post-COVID-19 syndrome classification.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sleep Disturbances Across Dementias and Cognitive Decline: Study Protocol for a Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Polysomnographic Findings.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Greater fatigue is more strongly associated with reduced reward sensitivity in the long-term phase of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) than in the early phase.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Article
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Abstract
COVID-19 is associated with a range of neurological, cognitive, and mental health symptoms both acutely and chronically that can persist for many months after infection in people with long-COVID syndrome. Investigations of cognitive function and neuroimaging have begun to elucidate the nature of some of these symptoms. They reveal that, although cognitive deficits may be related to brain imaging abnormalities in some people, symptoms can also occur in the absence of objective cognitive deficits or neuroimaging changes. Furthermore, cognitive impairment may be detected even in asymptomatic individuals. We consider the evidence regarding symptoms, cognitive deficits, and neuroimaging, as well as their possible underlying mechanisms.
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