How SARS-CoV-2 reaches the brain
November 2020
Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Using post-mortem tissue samples, the researchers have studied the mechanisms by which SARS-CoV-2 can reach the brains of patients with COVID-19, and how the immune system responds to the virus once it does. The results show that SARS-CoV-2 enters the brain via nerve cells in the olfactory mucosa. SARS-CoV-2 appears to follow neuroanatomical structures, penetrating defined neuroanatomical areas including the primary respiratory and cardiovascular control centre in the medulla oblongata.
Olfactory transmucosal SARS-CoV-2 invasion as a port of central nervous system entry in individuals with COVID-19
Frank L. Heppner
Added on: 12-18-2020
[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00758-5[2] https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1168906/how-sars-cov-2-reaches-the-brain.html
