Coronavirus and the Nervous System

November 15, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Coronavirus and the Nervous System

Authors: NIH What is SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? What is SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? Coronaviruses are common causes of usually mild to moderate upper respiratory tract illnesses like the common cold, with…[...]

November 14, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Peripheral facial nerve palsy associated with COVID-19

Journal of NeuroVirology volume 26, pages941–944 (2020)Cite this article Authors: Marco A. Lima, Marcus Tulius T. Silva, Cristiane N. Soares, RenanCoutinho, Henrique S. Oliveira, Livia Afonso, Otávio Espíndola, Ana Claudia Leite & Abelardo Araujo Abstract COVID-19 pandemic revealed several neurological syndromes related…[...]

November 11, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Syncope and COVID-19 disease – A systematic review

Authors: Raquel Falcão de Freitas 1, Sofia Cardoso Torres 2, Francisco Javier Martín-Sánchez 3, Adrián Valls Carbó 3, Giuseppe Lauria 4, José Pedro L Nunes . 2021 Nov;235:102872. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102872. Epub 2021 Aug 27. Abstract Background Syncope is not a common manifestation of…[...]

March 18, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

COVCOG 1: Factors Predicting Physical, Neurological and Cognitive Symptoms in Long COVID in a Community Sample. A First Publication From the COVID and Cognition Study

Authors: Panyuan Guo1, Alvaro Benito Ballesteros1, Sabine P. Yeung1, Ruby Liu1, Arka Saha1, Lyn Curtis2, Muzaffer Kaser3,4, Mark P. Haggard1 and Lucy G. Cheke1* Since its first emergence in December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute…[...]

February 28, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

COVID-19 and cerebrovascular diseases: a comprehensive overview

Authors: Georgios Tsivgoulis, Lina Palaiodimou, Ramin Zand First Published December 8, 2020 Review Article Find in PubMed https://doi.org /10.1177/1756286420978004 Abstract Neurological manifestations are not uncommon during infection with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus…[...]

January 24, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

COVID virus linked with headaches, altered mental status in hospitalized kids

Authors: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Peer-Reviewed Publication PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21, 2022 – Of hospitalized children who tested or were presumed positive for SARS-CoV-2, 44% developed neurological symptoms, and these kids were…[...]

January 20, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Post-COVID ‘brain fog’ could be result of virus changing patients’ spinal fluid

Authors: by John Andere JANUARY 19, 2022 Cases of “brain fog” among COVID patients are becoming more and more common, even among people recovering from mild infections. Now, new research…[...]

January 14, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

13 ways that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein causes damage

Authors: Posted on January 13, 2022 by Jesse Santiano, M.D. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has four structural proteins. The spike, membrane, envelop, and nucleocapsid proteins. The spike protein protrudes from the middle of the…[...]

August 14, 2021 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Long covid—mechanisms, risk factors, and management

Authors: Harry Crook, research assistant1, Sanara Raza, research assistant1, Joseph Nowell, research assistant1, Megan Young, clinical research officer1, Paul Edison, clinical senior lecturer, honorary professor12 Abstract Since its emergence in…[...]