Emerging Knowledge of the Neurobiology of COVID-19 - 24/02/22
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Many patients with COVID-19 will experience acute or longer-term neuropsychiatric complications. The neurobiological mechanisms behind these are beginning to emerge; however, the neurotropic hypothesis is not strongly supported by clinical data. The inflammatory response to SARS-CoV-2 is likely to be responsible for delirium and other common acute neuropsychiatric manifestations. Vascular abnormalities such as endotheliopathies contribute to stroke and cerebral microbleeds, with their attendant neuropsychiatric sequelae. Longer-term neuropsychiatric syndromes fall into 2 broad categories: neuropsychiatric deficits occurring after severe (hospitalized) COVID-19 and “long COVID,” which occurs in many patients with a milder acute COVID-19 illness.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Keywords : COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Neurobiology, Delirium, Long COVID, Neuropsychiatry
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Vol 45 - N° 1
P. 29-43 - Marzo 2022 Ritorno al numeroBenvenuto su EM|consulte, il riferimento dei professionisti della salute.