Does COVID‐19 Infection Accelerate Age‐Related Cognitive Decline?
These preliminary results suggest that infections with Wild Type and Delta variants early in the COVID pandemic produced cognitive deficits among older participants, particularly among patients hospitalized with COVID. In contrast, post-inoculation breakthrough infections caused no significant decline in cognitive performance.
Authors
- Jas M. Chok
- Timothy J. Herron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4297-014X)
- David K. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3670-8054)
- Garrett Williams
- Kathleen Hall
- Michael Blank
- Krista Schendel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8203-296X)
- Maria Spinelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2685-5472)
- David L. Woods (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8804-3587)
- Peter Pebler
- Sandy J. Lwi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2904-7078)
- Kristin Geraci
- Juliana V. Baldo
- Omar Kahly
- Isabella Jaramillo
Institutions
- Palo Alto University (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Neurobehavioral Systems (US)
- VA Northern California Health Care System (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.091557
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00