{"id":9632,"date":"2026-01-13T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=9632"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:56:07","slug":"increased-levels-of-alzheimers-linked-protein-found-in-some-with-long-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/increased-levels-of-alzheimers-linked-protein-found-in-some-with-long-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased levels of Alzheimer’s-linked protein found in some with long COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"

A study of 227 individuals who experienced neurocognitive difficulties post COVID-19 infection\u2014such as headaches, vertigo, balance dysregulation, changes in taste\/smell, and brain fog\u2014displayed a significant increase in their blood plasma of a crucial protein called tau, which is found in nerves and especially in the brain. Excess levels of tau are linked to neurodegenerative diseases and found in many Alzheimer\u2019s patients.<\/p>\n

Published in eBioMedicine<\/em><\/a>, the study suggests that people who experience long COVID neurocognitive symptoms could be at further risk for neurodegenerative diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A study of 227 individuals who experienced neurocognitive difficulties post COVID-19 infection\u2014such as headaches, vertigo, balance dysregulation, changes in taste\/smell, and brain fog\u2014displayed a significant increase in their blood plasma of a crucial protein called tau, which is found in nerves and especially in the brain. Excess levels of tau are linked to neurodegenerative diseases and found in many Alzheimer\u2019s patients.<\/p>\n

Published in eBioMedicine<\/em><\/a>, the study suggests that people who experience long COVID neurocognitive symptoms could be at further risk for neurodegenerative diseases.<\/p>\n

Continue readingIncreased levels of Alzheimer’s-linked protein found in some with long COVID<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[187,46,18,11,8,14],"class_list":["post-9632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-cognitive-issues","tag-covid-19","tag-long-covid","tag-research","tag-sars-cov-2","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9633,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9632\/revisions\/9633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}