ArticleJournal of neurovirology2021
Detection of SARS-coronavirus-2 in the central nervous system of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome and seizures.
Article in Journal of neurovirology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in patients with COVID-19-associated central nervous system manifestations: a systematic review.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2022Pooled it
- Acute and long-term effects of COVID-19 on brain and mental health: A narrative review.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2025Review
- Extracellular Vesicles: A Novel Mode of Viral Propagation Exploited by Enveloped and Non-Enveloped Viruses.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- COVID-19-Induced Stroke and the Potential of Using Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in the Regulation of Neuroinflammation.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2023Review
- Gut-brain communication in COVID-19: molecular mechanisms, mediators, biomarkers, and therapeutics.Expert review of clinical immunology · 2022Article
- Status epilepticus and the presence of SARS-COV-2 in the cerebrospinal fluid: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
- SARS-CoV-2 consequences for mental health: Neuroinflammatory pathways linking COVID-19 to anxiety and depression.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Review
- SARS-CoV-2 may trigger inflammasome and pyroptosis in the central nervous system: a mechanistic view of neurotropism.Inflammopharmacology · 2021Review
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This study was designed to evaluate whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly target the central nervous system (CNS). We present four patients suffering from the loss of consciousness and seizure during the clinical course of COVID-19 infection. In addition to positive nasopharyngeal swab tests, SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in their cerebrospinal fluid. This report indicates the neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV-2, suggesting the ability of this virus to spread from the respiratory tract to the CNS.
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