The route of SARS-CoV-2 to brain infection: have we been barking up the wrong tree?

Butowt, Rafal; von Bartheld, Christopher S

Butowt, Rafal; von Bartheld, Christopher S.

Butowt R; L. Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland. r.butowt@cm.umk.pl.
von Bartheld CS; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, 89557-0352, USA.

Mol Neurodegener ; 17(1): 20, 2022 03 15.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1745436

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

This letter draws attention to recent work supporting the notion that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may use the nervus terminalis rather than the olfactory nerve as a shortcut route from the nasal cavity to infect the brain.

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COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Brain; Humans

Keywords

ACE2; Brain infection; COVID-19; Nervus terminalis; Olfactory system; Omicron; SARS-CoV-2; TMPRSS2

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Mol Neurodegener Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S13024-022-00529-9

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