Scientists Yet to Prove Long-COVID & Dementia Links

Derived from the International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases 2023 held in Gothenburg, Sweden last month, researchers continue to seek connections between long COVID and dementia yet these links remain elusive. Yet the signs for connections cannot be ignored. Scientists continue longitudinal tracking.

At the recent conference in Gothenburg, scientists researching these potential ties report on a series of findings, from the results of longitudinal studies investigating the neurological impacts of long COVID to investigations linking the APOE4 genotype to a higher probability of post-COVID-related brain bleeds to accumulation of data suggesting the COVID-19-related protein may collect, accumulate and possibly inflame the brain.