Biomarker discovery indicates that sufferers from brain fog and fatigue post-virus could be treated with anticoagulants Oksana Pyzik 31 Aug 2023 The Guardian Scientists have identified molecular signatures in the blood that are linked to brain fog, other cognitive problems and fatigue in patients who are diagnosed with long Covid after catching the virus. Raised levels of […]
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, encephalitis, and cognitive impairment. These alterations can cause serious sequelae or death and are associated with the entry of SARS-CoV-2 into the Central Nervous System […]
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 […]
Kenji Hashimoto, Molecular Psychiatry (2023) Published: 04 July 2023 Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in a serious public health burden worldwide. In addition to respiratory, heart, and gastrointestinal symptoms, patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience a number of persistent neurological and psychiatric symptoms, known as […]
By Rich Haridy January 04, 2023 Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases A study found traces of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in over 80 different sites in the body In the most comprehensive autopsy tissue study conducted to date, researchers have found traces of the SARS-CoV-2 virus throughout the entire body, from the brain and the […]
Shin Jie Yong PMID: 33538586 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00793 ACS Chem Neuroscience . 2021 Feb 17;12(4):573-580. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00793. Epub 2021 Feb 4. Abstract Long-COVID is a postviral illness that can affect survivors of COVID-19, regardless of initial disease severity or age. Symptoms of long-COVID include fatigue, dyspnea, gastrointestinal and cardiac problems, cognitive impairments, myalgia, and others. While the possible causes of long-COVID include […]
What is SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Coronaviruses are common causes of usually mild to moderate upper respiratory tract illnesses like the common cold, with symptoms that may include runny nose, fever, sore throat, cough, or a general feeling of being ill. However, a new coronavirus called Severe Acute Respiratory […]
Aron Emmi, Stefania Rizzo, Luisa Barzon, Michele Sandre, Elisa Carturan, Alessandro Sinigaglia, Silvia Riccetti, Mila Della Barbera, Rafael Boscolo-Berto, Patrizia Cocco, Veronica Macchi, Angelo Antonini, Monica De Gaspari, Cristina Basso, Raffaele De Caro & Andrea Porzionato npj Parkinson’s Disease volume 9, Article number: 25 (2023) Cite this articleAbstract Open Access Published: 13 February 2023 Neurological manifestations are common in COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Despite reports of SARS-CoV-2 detection in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of COVID-19 […]
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 […]
Namrata Kewalramani, MD,a,b,∗ Kerri-Marie Heenan, MB Bch, BAO,c Denise McKeegan, MB Bch, BAO, MSc,c and Nazia Chaudhuri, MD, PhDd Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2023 May; 43(2): 389–410. Published online 2023 Mar3. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2023.01.004 PMCID: PMC9982726PMID: 37055095 The proportion of symptomatic patients with post-coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) condition (long COVID) represents a significant burden on the individual as well as on the health care systems. […]