Comment Comment by elboulangero FWIW this thread was a good read: https://mobile.twitter.com/skepticalzebra/status/14058997241...Apparently there are previous studies (pre-covid Era) that found similar changes in the brain associated with loss of smell.Quoting:> What if I told you there was also an illness in which:> "grey matter reduction was observed in the gyrus rectus, orbitofrontal cortex, thalamus, and the insula"> This is taken from a study on Chronic rhinosinusitis with olfactory loss parent elboulangero 5 years ago
Apparently there are previous studies (pre-covid Era) that found similar changes in the brain associated with loss of smell.
Quoting:
> What if I told you there was also an illness in which:
> "grey matter reduction was observed in the gyrus rectus, orbitofrontal cortex, thalamus, and the insula"
> This is taken from a study on Chronic rhinosinusitis with olfactory loss