Steroid-Responsive Encephalitis in Coronavirus Disease 2019


Authors: Andrea Pilotto MD,Silvia Odolini MD, PhD,Stefano Masciocchi MD, et. al. Annals of Neurology Volume 88, Issue 2 p. 423-427 Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection has the potential for targeting…[...]

COVID-19 Presenting as Encephalitis and Myopericarditis: A Report of a Rare Case


Nikolaos Kakaletsis • Ioannis Alevroudis • Serafeim-Chrysovalantis Kotoulas •et. al., Published: June 10, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62056  Abstract COVID-19 might present with a wide range of clinical manifestations, from mild respiratory distress to severe multi-organ dysfunction. We present…[...]

Covid-19: Two rare vaccine side effects detected in large global study


BMJ 2024; 384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmj.q488 (2024) The largest vaccine safety study to date has identified two new, but very rare, side effects associated with covid-19 vaccines—transverse myelitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. The Global Vaccine…[...]

SARS-COV-2 a trigger of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-associated disorder


Authors: Magnus Johnsson,Fredrik Asztely, et. al. June 2022 Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology Abstract SARS-COV-2 frequently cause neurological disorders and is sometimes associated with onset of autoimmune diseases affecting…[...]

Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of neuroinflammation in covid-19


BMJ 2023; 382 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-073923 (Published 18 August 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;382:e073923, Rachel L Brown123,  Laura Benjamin24,  Michael P Lunn12,  Tehmina Bharucha25,  Michael S Zandi12,  Chandrashekar Hoskote6,  Patricia McNamara2,  Hadi Manji1 Abstract Although neurological complications of…[...]

Study in Mice Suggests that COVID-19 Increases Risk of Developing Parkinson’s Disease


Thomas Jefferson University May 18, 2022 New research finds that the novel coronavirus can make the mouse brain more susceptible to a toxin that induces nerve-cell loss seen in Parkinson’s.…[...]

Alteration of the blood-brain barrier by COVID-19 and its implication in the permeation of drugs into the brain


Héctor Hernández-Parra1,2 Octavio Daniel Reyes-Hernández3 Gabriela Figueroa-González4 Manuel González-Del Carmen5 Maykel González-Torres6 Sheila I. Peña-Corona2 Benjamín Florán7 Hernán Cortés8* Gerardo Leyva-Gómez2* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36998270/ Diverse neurological symptoms have been reported in patients with SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19), including stroke, ataxia, meningitis,…[...]

Orthostatic Symptoms and Reductions in Cerebral Blood Flow in Long-Haul COVID-19 Patients: Similarities with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome


Published online 2021 Dec 24. doi: 10.3390/medicina58010028 PMCID: PMC8778312 PMID: 350563 C. (Linda) M. C. van Campen,1,* Peter C. Rowe,2 and Frans C. Visser1 Olli J. Polo, Academic Editor Abstract Background and Objectives: Symptoms and hemodynamic findings during…[...]

COVID-19 and possible links with Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism: from bench to bedside


David Sulzer, Angelo Antonini, Valentina Leta, Anna Nordvig, Richard J. Smeyne, James E. Goldman, Osama Al-Dalahmah, Luigi Zecca, Alessandro Sette, Luigi Bubacco, Olimpia Meucci, Elena Moro, Ashley S. Harms, Yaqian Xu, Stanley Fahn & K. Ray Chaudhuri  npj Parkinson's Disease volume 6, Article number: 18 (2020) Cite this article Abstract This Viewpoint…[...]

A Case Report: Multifocal Necrotizing Encephalitis and Myocarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination againstCOVID-19


Authors: Michael Mörz Abstract: The current report presents the case of a 76-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease (PD)who died three weeks after receiving his third COVID-19 vaccination. The patient was…[...]