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MGH Study: Pandemic Lockdown May Be Linked to Brain Inflammation – NBC Boston

Post author By EvidenceNotFear
Post date 23 February 2022

COVID-19 lockdowns may have triggered brain inflammation even in people who didn’t get infecting with the virus, research from Massachusetts General Hospital shows.

The societal and lifestyle disruptions caused by the pandemic may have triggered inflammation in the brain that can affect mental health, according to the study. The impacts manifest as symptoms including fatigue, brain fog and mental distress.

Scientists looked at brain imaging, behavioral tests and blood samples from 57 people before and 15 people after stay-at-home measures were in place.

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Tags Center for Integrative Pain NeuroImaging, Collateral Damage, COVID-19, Harvard Medical School, Lockdown, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mental Health, Stress, Studies, USA

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