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Severe COVID-19 may lead to low gray matter in brain after oxygen therapy, says study
Lower gray matter volume in frontal-temporal network of brain has been associated with a higher-level of disability among COVID-19 patients, even six months after hospital discharge, study revealed
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India has been badly hit by coronavirus, leading to exponential rise in total cases and subsequent deaths. Many patients who recovered were also diagnosed with black fungus
COVID-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever may witness gray matter volume reduction in the frontal-temporal network of the brain, says a new study conducted by researchers at Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Gray matter is vital for processing information in the brain and its abnormality may affect how well neurons function and communicate.
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The sloth, suspended under a dense canopy of leaves, makes slow strides. Slowly, painfully long. Slowly but deliberately. The little creature, crawling high among the trees and traipsing over a 100-foot steel wire, resembles a sluggish acrobat. Its aim, however, is not to entertain or put on a show; in reality, it is the polar opposite. It s all about stealth, observation, and soaking in as much sunshine as possible for this sloth. This is, after all, a solar-powered robot.
SlothBot
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SlothBot is under the direct supervision of the researchers who designed it at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. You will see the robot s googly eyes and 3D-printed shell as you walk along the garden s elevated Canopy Walk. The sloth does not seem to be gathering critical environmental data such as temperature and carbon dioxide levels, but it is.
Gongora orchid in Panama.
But euglossine bees are not known to live up high in the Andes, where scientists have also spotted these orchids. “Are bees going up rivers to get oils, and coming back down to live?” Coffey wonders. “Or is there another insect that has a relationship with these orchids?”
That s where SlothBot comes in.
Examining rainforest wildlife is not easy. Researchers must install massive nets between trees to help them gain access to certain species, but these nets are expensive, hard to deploy, and they interfere with the surrounding natural habitat. Humans are also big, loud, clumsy, disruptive. Meanwhile, a small robot could hang out undetected for long stretches of time, collecting data that scientists might otherwise miss.
Covid-19 patients show reduced gray matter volume in the brain
Covid-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal network of the brain, according to a new study led by researchers at Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The study found lower gray matter volume in this brain region was associated with a higher level of disability among Covid-19 patients, even six months after hospital discharge.
Gray matter is vital for processing information in the brain and gray matter abnormality may affect how well neurons function and communicate. The study, published in the May 2021 issue of