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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Exploratory Study on Chemosensory Event-Related Potentials in Long COVID-19 and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Common Pathway?

Sara Invitto, Paolo Boscolo-Rizzo, Francesco Fantin, Domenico Marco Bonifati, Cosimo de Filippis, Enzo Emanuelli, Daniele Frezza, Federico Giopato, Marcella Caggiula, Andrea Schito and 2 more

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Trigeminal function in patients with COVID-associated olfactory loss.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Sara InvittoINSPIRE Lab, Laboratory on Cognitive and Psychophysiological Olfactory Processing, DiSTeBA, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0841-7770
Paolo Boscolo-RizzoDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Trieste, 34123 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4635-7959
Francesco FantinDepartment of Neuroscience DNS, Audiology Unit at Treviso Hospital, University of Padova, 31100 Treviso, Italy.
Domenico Marco BonifatiUnit of Neurology, Department of Neuro-Cardio-Vascular, Ca' Foncello Hospital, 31100 Treviso, Italy.
Cosimo de FilippisDepartment of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, Ca' Foncello Hospital, 31100 Treviso, Italy.
Enzo EmanuelliOtolaringology Unit, Ca' Foncello Hospital, Local Health Unit N.2 "Marca Trevigiana", 31100 Treviso, Italy.
Daniele FrezzaOtolaringology Unit, Ca' Foncello Hospital, Local Health Unit N.2 "Marca Trevigiana", 31100 Treviso, Italy.
Federico GiopatoUnit of Neurology, Department of Neuro-Cardio-Vascular, Ca' Foncello Hospital, 31100 Treviso, Italy.
Marcella CaggiulaNeurology Unit, Vito Fazzi Hospital, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Andrea SchitoINSPIRE Lab, Laboratory on Cognitive and Psychophysiological Olfactory Processing, DiSTeBA, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8830-8269
Vincenzo CiccareseIstituto Santa Chiara, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Giacomo SpinatoDepartment of Neuroscience DNS, Section of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Ca' Foncello Hospital · ITUniversity of Salento · ITOspedale Santa Chiara · ITOspedale Vito Fazzi · ITUniversity of Padua · ITUniversity of Trieste · IT

Funding

Regione Puglia RIPARTI - Procedure Number: A9 Project Code: 77e95c8d
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People affected by the Long COVID-19 (LC) syndrome often show clinical manifestations that are similar to those observed in patients with mild cognitive impairments (MCI), such as olfactory dysfunction (OD), brain fog, and cognitive and attentional diseases. This study aimed to investigate the chemosensory-evoked related potentials (CSERP) in LC and MCI to understand if there is a common pathway for the similarity of symptoms associated with these disorders. Eighteen LC patients (mean age 53; s.d. = 7), 12 patients diagnosed with MCI (mean age 67; s.d. = 6), and 10 healthy control subjects (mean age 66; s.d. = 5, 7) were recruited for this exploratory study. All of them performed a chemosensory event-related potentials (CSERP) task with the administration of trigeminal stimulations (e.g., the odorants cinnamaldehyde and eucalyptus). Study results highlighted that MCI and LC showed reduced N1 amplitude, particularly in the left frontoparietal network, involved in working memory and attentional deficits, and a reduction of P3 latency in LC. This study lays the foundations for evaluating aspects of LC as a process that could trigger long-term functional alterations, and CSERPs could be considered valid biomarkers for assessing the progress of OD and an indicator of other impairments (e.g., attentional and cognitive impairments), as they occur in MCI.

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anosmiabiomarkersCSERPEEGleft frontoparietal networkLong CovidMCIneuro-olfactometryOERP

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