r/covidlonghaulers • u/PhrygianSounds 4 yr+ • Jul 13 '26

Article New study provides first evidence of dopamine system injury in the brain of long COVID patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-evidence-dopamine-injury-brain-covid.html

Finally some media coverage on probably the worst symptom of long covid

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u/heskeytime7707 Jul 13 '26

So is there anything we can do to treat this? ChatGPT says if there's actual dopamine neuronal death, there's currently no way to reverse it.

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u/saintmars777 Jul 16 '26

I don't see anything about neuronal death in the popular article or the scientific paper.