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* SARS-CoV-2 infection leading to Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) rapidly became a worldwide health emergency due to […]
SARS-CoV-2 and the risk of Parkinson’s disease: facts and fantasy
Marcelo Merello, Kailash P Bhatia, Jose A Obeso Published: November 27, 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30442-7 Lancet Neurology VOLUME 20, ISSUE 2, P94-95, FEBRUARY 2021 During the pandemic it has become clear that severe […]
Clinical characteristics and outcome of COVID-19 patients with Parkinson’s disease: a hospital-based case–control study in Shanghai, China
Front. Aging Neurosci., 05 May 2023 Sec. Parkinson’s Disease and Aging-related Movement DisordersVolume 15 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1138418 Li Wu1† Jun Shen1† Yuhan Jiang1 Xiaolei Shen1 Ping Wang1 Xin Nie2 Wenyan Kang3,4* Jianren Liu1* Wei Chen1* Background: Clinical manifestations of […]
Early-stage trial for Parkinson’s disease therapy shows signs of promise
Small trial of Bemdaneprocel, which aims to replace dopamine-producing neurons, raises hope for treatment. Hannah Devlin Science correspondent 28 Aug 2023 03.00 EDT Scientists have reported early success in a trial […]
COVID-19 and neurological disorders: what might connect Parkinson’s disease to SARS-CoV-2 infection
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 […]
COVID-19 and possible links with Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism: from bench to bedside
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, […]
Could tiny blood clots cause long COVID’s puzzling symptoms?
Scientists debate evidence for a micro-clot hypothesis that has some people pursuing potentially risky treatments Authors: Cassandra Willyard Nature 608, 662-664 (2022)doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02286-7 When Lara Hawthorne, an illustrator in Bristol, UK, […]
Study Reveals Possible Causes of Long COVID Brain Fog
Authors: IANS July 2022 A team of international researchers may have uncovered the cause of the neurological conditions seen in patients with long-Covid, such as brain fog. The team from […]