Brainstem volume changes in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID patients

Kiran Thapaliya, 1 , 2 , * Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, 1 Markus Barth, 2 , 3 Natalie Eaton-Fitch, 1 and Leighton Barnden 1 Front Neurosci. 2023; 17: 1125208. Published online 2023 Mar 2. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1125208 PMCID: PMC10017877 PMID: 36937672 Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID patients…[...]

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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…[...]

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COVID-19 can trigger auto-immune disorders-related antibodies, causing thrombosis and other complications

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 by Maria Fernanda Ziegler, FAPESP Medical Express The systems immunology approach identifies an aging effect on autoantibody levels of COVID-19 patients. Credit: npj Aging (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41514-023-00118-0 An article published in npj Aging reveals…[...]

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Detrimental effects of COVID-19 in the brain and therapeutic options for long COVID: The role of Epstein–Barr virus and the gut–brain axis

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…[...]

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Vagus nerve inflammation contributes to dysautonomia in COVID-19

Marcel S Woo 1, Mohsin Shafiq 2, Antonia Fitzek 3, Matthias Dottermusch 2, Hermann Altmeppen 2, Behnam Mohammadi 2, Christina Mayer 1, Lukas C Bal 1, Lukas Raich 1, Jakob Matschke 2, Susanne Krasemann 2, Susanne Pfefferle 4, Thomas Theo Brehm 5 6, Marc Lütgehetmann 4, Julia Schädler 3, Marylyn M Addo 5 6 7, Julian Schulze Zur Wiesch 5 6, Benjamin Ondruschka 3, Manuel A Friese # 8, Markus Glatzel # 9 PMID: 37452829 PMCID: PMC10412500…[...]

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