The involvement of the central nervous system in patients with COVID-19. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Coronaviruses disease (COVID-19) has caused major outbreaks. A novel variant, SARS-CoV-2, is responsible for COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical presentations and pathological mechanisms of COVID-19 are broad. The respiratory aspect of the disease has been extensively researched. Emerging studies point out the possibility of the central nervous system (CNS) involvement by COVID-19. Here, we discuss the current evidence for CNS involvement in COVID-19 and highlight that the high pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 might be due to its neuroinvasive potential.

publication date

  • May 26, 2020

Research

keywords

  • Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85085894839

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1515/revneuro-2020-0026

PubMed ID

  • 32463395

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 31

issue

  • 4