New research shows steep drops in the rates of smell loss with recent omicron variants By Aara’L Yarber August 2023 When the pandemic began, losing your sense of smell was considered a key indicator of covid-19, and the condition affected about half of those who tested positive for the coronavirus. However, a new study reveals that the chance of smell loss […]
Salvatore Iacono1† Giuseppe Schirò1† Chiara Davì1 Sergio Mastrilli2 Michelle Abbott3 Fabrizio Guajana1 Valentina Arnao4 Paolo Aridon1 Paolo Ragonese1 Cesare Gagliardo1 Claudia Colomba3 Nicola Scichilone5 Marco D’Amelio1* Front. Neurol., 18 May 2023 Sec. Movement Disorders Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1172416 SARS-CoV-2 infection leading to Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) rapidly became a worldwide health emergency due to its elevated infecting capacity, morbidity, and mortality. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the […]
npj Parkinson’s Disease volume 6, Article number: 18 (2020) Cite this article Abstract This Viewpoint discusses insights from basic science and clinical perspectives on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)/severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the brain, with a particular focus on Parkinson’s disease. Major points include that neuropathology studies have not answered the central issue of whether the virus enters central […]
