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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5467/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study: Even Mild COVID-19 Cases Linked to Brain Changes' data-article-id='6058'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10250'>A new study provides additional evidence that COVID-19 can damage parts of the brain.</span> <span data-start-time='10250' data-end-time='23938'>The study said that even people with mild sickness can suffer brain tissue shrinkage and damage to areas that control smell.</span> <span data-start-time='23938' data-end-time='31250'>The research was led by scientists at Britain’s Oxford University. </span> <span data-start-time='31250' data-end-time='43813'>The researchers said their study provides “strong evidence” of “brain-related abnormalities in COVID-19.”</span> <span data-start-time='43813' data-end-time='55688'>The team noted that past studies have also found links between COVID-19 and changes to the brain. </span> <span data-start-time='55688' data-end-time='67563'>But those studies centered mainly on COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized with severe sickness.</span> <span data-start-time='67563' data-end-time='74250'>The latest study recently appeared in the publication Nature.</span> <span data-start-time='74250' data-end-time='86688'>The team said further study is needed to find out whether the brain changes are long lasting and can be fixed.</span> <span data-start-time='86688' data-end-time='98896'>The study involved 785 subjects in Britain between the ages of 51 and 81. </span> <span data-start-time='98896' data-end-time='106333'>All were given two brain scans to measure differences during the experiment. </span> <span data-start-time='106333' data-end-time='117146'>A total of 401 subjects were found to be infected with COVID-19 between the scans. </span> <span data-start-time='117146' data-end-time='121521'>Most of them had only minor sickness.</span> <span data-start-time='121521' data-end-time='128708'>The researchers reported a number of brain effects in the patients. </span> <span data-start-time='128708' data-end-time='137958'>The subjects experienced the effects, on average, four-and-a-half months after infection.</span> <span data-start-time='137958' data-end-time='150146'>The changes included “a greater reduction in gray matter thickness” after individuals were infected with COVID-19. </span> <span data-start-time='150146' data-end-time='158896'>Gray matter in the brain helps people control movement, memory and emotions. </span> <span data-start-time='158896' data-end-time='166896'>The greatest reduction was seen in areas of the brain linked to smell. </span> <span data-start-time='166896' data-end-time='177896'>In addition, some infected patients also showed “a reduction in whole brain size,” the researchers reported.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5467/A.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5467/science.wav'><span>Science</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5467/national_geographic.wav'><span>National Geographic</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5467/good_housekeeping.wav'><span>Good Housekeeping</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18478 data-hint-location='158896' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5467/the_greatest_reduction_was_seen_in_areas_of_the__blank__linked_to_smell_.wav'>The greatest reduction was seen in areas of the <span class='blank'>brain</span> linked to smell. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='brain'><div class='choice' 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