2 Years into the Pandemic: What Did We Learn About the COVID-19 and Cerebellum?
Cerebellum
; 21(1): 19-22, 2022 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1653798
ABSTRACT
Highly contagious pandemic due to novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 has significantly affected humankind. At the onset of the pandemic, it was believed that it primarily affects the respiratory and hematological system, and has minimal influence on the human brain, even less so on the cerebellum. It was thought that the effects of a pandemic on cerebellar disorders would be the same as it would affect any other chronic neurological disease. It turned out that our understanding of the effects of COVID-19 on the cerebellar system was premature. Over the last 2 years, we appreciated many diverse and direct effects of COVID-19 on cerebellar function. SARS-CoV-2 affects the cerebellum via direct viral invasion, but even more so through its effects on immune, hematological, and metabolic pathways. Increasing evidence suggested the indirect effects of COVID-19 on preexisting chronic cerebellar disease due to lack of in-person care and social isolation. This editorial concisely summarizes critical literature on COVID-19 and the cerebellum published over the last 2 years.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cerebellum
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COVID-19
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Nervous System Diseases
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Cerebellum
Journal subject:
Brain
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12311-021-01351-7
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