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* 1Department of Neurology,…[...]

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 1Department of Biomedicine,…[...]

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…[...]

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…[...]