Consequences of mild forms of coronavirus for the brain

According to scientists, the disease can provoke the appearance of a large number of foci of inflammation and small hemorrhages. The study was conducted on monkeys that did not experience severe symptoms of COVID-19 during the observation, so biologists did not expect to see a significant negative effect on the body. In some cases, these pathologies led to large-scale death of nerve cells, which formed hypoxia in certain areas of the brain. According to researchers, this phenomenon explains clouding of consciousness and other disorders that occur in the head during the acute stage of the disease.