Category: Olfactory Nerve

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

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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 discusses insights from basic science and clinical perspectives on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)/severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the brain, with a particular focus […]

How to get taste and smell back after COVID

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Medically reviewed by Nicole Leigh Aaronson, MD, MBA, CPE, FACS, FAAP — By Danielle Dresden — February 16, 2023 Losing taste and smell is a symptom of COVID-19 and some other viruses. Medication changes, smell training, oral hygiene, and spicing up food are some tips that may help. Smell and taste usually return in a few weeks but can take longer. Losing […]

Scientists begin to untangle how COVID-19 affects brain cells

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by The Francis Crick Institute, AUGUST 7, 2023 Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown in lab-based experiments that variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can affect the blood-brain barrier and damage brain cells in different ways. This work gives clues as to how the virus could enter the brain, but doesn’t take […]

Risk of smell loss from covid has plummeted since 2020

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New research shows steep drops in the rates of smell loss with recent omicron variants By Aara’L Yarber August 2023 When the pandemic began, losing your sense of smell was considered a key indicator of covid-19, and the condition affected about half of those who tested positive for the coronavirus. However, a new study reveals that the chance of smell loss […]

COVID-19 and neurological disorders: what might connect Parkinson’s disease to SARS-CoV-2 infection

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Salvatore Iacono1† Giuseppe Schirò1† Chiara Davì1 Sergio Mastrilli2 Michelle Abbott3 Fabrizio Guajana1 Valentina Arnao4 Paolo Aridon1 Paolo Ragonese1 Cesare Gagliardo1 Claudia Colomba3 Nicola Scichilone5 Marco D’Amelio1* Front. Neurol., 18 May 2023 Sec. Movement Disorders Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1172416 SARS-CoV-2 infection leading to Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) rapidly became a worldwide health emergency due to its elevated infecting capacity, morbidity, and mortality. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the […]

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

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npj Parkinson’s Disease volume 6, Article number: 18 (2020) Cite this article Abstract This Viewpoint discusses insights from basic science and clinical perspectives on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)/severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the brain, with a particular focus on Parkinson’s disease. Major points include that neuropathology studies have not answered the central issue of whether the virus enters central […]