John Murphy, CEO The COVIC-19 Long Faoundation Abstract Persistent cognitive impairment, particularly memory dysfunction, is among the most prevalent and disabling manifestations of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), commonly […]
New-Onset Seizures and Seizure Worsening in the Course of COVID-19 Infection
Ekaterina Viteva, Published: July 04, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63868 Abstract Introduction: The aim of our study is to assess the clinical manifestations, investigation results, and outcomes in Bulgarian patients with seizures in the […]
The Neurological Implications of COVID-19: A Comprehensive Narrative Review
Ithamar Cheyne • Venmanassery Sreejan Gopinath • Neeharika Muppa , et. al., May 15, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/ cureus.60376 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 revealed a huge number of problems as well as discoveries […]
Pain, fatigue, fuzzy thinking: How long COVID disrupts the brain
NOVEMBER 2023, Jon Hamilton, NPR Scientists are learning more about how long COVID affects the brain. Michelle Wilson got COVID three years ago. She’s still waiting for her brain and […]
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. […]
Disruption of the blood-brain barrier due to long COVID
Bhavana Kunkalikar Jan 27 2023 Reviewed by Aimee Molineux, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2069710/v2 In a recent study posted to the Research Square* preprint server, researchers explored the destruction of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) due to cognitive […]
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, […]
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 […]
Scientists begin to untangle how COVID-19 affects brain cells
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 […]
Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments
The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system Stephani Sutherland March 1, 2023 Tara Ghormley has always been an overachiever. She […]