The neuroinvasiveness, neurotropism, and neurovirulence of SARS-CoV-2

L Bauer, BM Laksono, FMS de Vrij, SA Kushner… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with
a diverse spectrum of neurological complications during the acute and postacute stages …

The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Flaviviruses are vector-borne RNA viruses that can emerge unexpectedly in human
populations and cause a spectrum of potentially severe diseases including hepatitis …

Neuropathology of patients with COVID-19 in Germany: a post-mortem case series

J Matschke, M Lütgehetmann, C Hagel… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Prominent clinical symptoms of COVID-19 include CNS manifestations.
However, it is unclear whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV …

Human coronaviruses and other respiratory viruses: underestimated opportunistic pathogens of the central nervous system?

M Desforges, A Le Coupanec, P Dubeau, A Bourgouin… - viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Respiratory viruses infect the human upper respiratory tract, mostly causing mild diseases.
However, in vulnerable populations, such as newborns, infants, the elderly and immune …

Laboratory diagnosis of CNS infections in children due to emerging and re-emerging neurotropic viruses

BM Liu, SB Mulkey, JM Campos, RL DeBiasi - Pediatric research, 2024 - nature.com
Recent decades have witnessed the emergence and re-emergence of numerous medically
important viruses that cause central nervous system (CNS) infections in children, eg, Zika …

[HTML][HTML] Role of astroglial toll-like receptors (TLRs) in central nervous system infections, injury and neurodegenerative diseases

L Li, C Acioglu, RF Heary, S Elkabes - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2021 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) innate immunity plays essential roles in infections,
neurodegenerative diseases, and brain or spinal cord injuries. Astrocytes and microglia are …

The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection

J Meinhardt, S Streit, C Dittmayer, RV Manitius… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Worldwide, over 694 million people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, with an estimated
55–60% of those infected developing COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic in …

SARS‐CoV‐2 and the brain: A review of the current knowledge on neuropathology in COVID‐19

A Maiese, AC Manetti, C Bosetti, F Del Duca… - Brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract SARS‐CoV‐2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), the new
coronavirus responsible for the pandemic disease in the last year, is able to affect the central …

Hippocampal GABAergic inhibitory interneurons

KA Pelkey, R Chittajallu, MT Craig… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
In the hippocampus GABAergic local circuit inhibitory interneurons represent only~ 10–15%
of the total neuronal population; however, their remarkable anatomical and physiological …

Brain imaging before and after COVID-19 in UK Biobank

G Douaud, S Lee, F Alfaro-Almagro, C Arthofer… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
There is strong evidence for brain-related pathologies in COVID-19, some of which could be
a consequence of viral neurotropism, or of neuroinflammation following viral infection. Most …