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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2023

Study on brain damage patterns of COVID-19 patients based on EEG signals.

Yang Yao, Yingnan Liu, Yu Chang, Zihan Geng, Xingting Liu, Songnan Ma, Zhiyun Wang, Chenguang Zheng, Jiajia Yang, Dong Ming

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  1. Human brain matters: Navigating the neuropathology of COVID-19.Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) · 2026
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yang YaoDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yingnan LiuInstitute of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Yu ChangDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Zihan GengInstitute of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Xingting LiuInstitute of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Songnan MaInstitute of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Zhiyun WangDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Chenguang ZhengInstitute of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Jiajia YangInstitute of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Dong MingInstitute of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Medical University · CNTianjin University · CNTianjin First Center Hospital · CN

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Abstract

Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the SARA-CoV-2, characterized by high infectivity and incidence. Clinical data indicates that COVID-19 significantly damages patients' perception, motor function, and cognitive function. However, the electrophysiological mechanism by which the disease affects the patient's nervous system is not yet clear. Our aim is to investigate the abnormal levels of brain activity and changes in brain functional connectivity network in patients with COVID-19. Methods: We compared and analyzed electroencephalography signal sample entropy, energy spectrum, and brain network characteristic parameters in the delta (1-4 Hz), theta (4-8 Hz), alpha (8-13 Hz), and beta (13-30 Hz) bands of 15 patients with COVID-19 and 15 healthy controls at rest. Results: At rest, energy values of the four frequency bands in the frontal and temporal lobes of COVID-19 patients were significantly reduced. At the same time, the sample entropy value of the delta band in COVID-19 patients was significantly increased, while the value of the beta band was significantly decreased. However, the average value of the directed transfer function of patients did not show any abnormalities under the four frequency bands. Furthermore, node degree in the temporal lobe of patients was significantly increased, while the input degree of the frontal and temporal lobes was significantly decreased, and the output degree of the frontal and occipital lobes was significantly increased. Conclusion: The level of brain activity in COVID-19 patients at rest is reduced, and the brain functional network undergoes a rearrangement. These results preliminarily demonstrate that COVID-19 patients exhibit certain brain abnormalities during rest, it is feasible to explore the neurophysiological mechanism of COVID-19's impact on the nervous system by using EEG signals, which can provide a certain technical basis for the subsequent diagnosis and evaluation of COVID-19 using artificial intelligence and the prevention of brain nervous system diseases after COVID-19 infection.

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COVID-19directed transfer functionelectroencephalographyfunctional connectivity networksample entropy

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