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Long COVID linked to brain changes also seen in Alzheimer’s, NYU Langone study finds

NYU Langone study finds long COVID patients show enlarged brain structures also tied to Alzheimer's disease, suggesting overlapping brain damage mechanisms.

The NYU Langone Medical Center campus on Manhattan's East Side, seen from across the East River. NYU Langone Health is the named institution whose researchers conducted and announced the long-COVID/ch

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Feb. 11, 2026 · 1 min read

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Long COVID linked to brain changes also seen in Alzheimer’s, NYU Langone study finds

NYU Langone study finds long COVID patients show enlarged brain structures also tied to Alzheimer's disease, suggesting overlapping brain damage mechanisms.

Long COVID linked to brain changes also seen in Alzheimer’s, NYU Langone study finds
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People with long COVID show enlargement in a key brain structure that has also been tied to Alzheimer’s disease and worsening dementia, according to a new study from researchers affiliated with NYU Langone Health.

The study, which NYU Langone said was published recently in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia , found that patients reporting long COVID had a choroid plexus roughly 10 percent larger than the…

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