COVID-19 found in nerves in brain tissue- preliminary study

[Rufous McKinney]

This preliminary study indicates the found the COVID-19 virus in nerves in the brain.

https://www.livescience.com/brain-invasion-coronavirus.html

 

[Rufous McKinney]

Sorry for the lack of summary! Sigh

 

[ljimbo423]

This preliminary study indicates the found the COVID-19 virus in nerves in the brain.

https://www.livescience.com/brain-invasion-coronavirus.html

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can sometimes hijack brain cells, using the cells' internal machinery to copy itself, according to a new study.


The research, posted Sept. 8 to the preprint database bioRxiv, has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, but it provides evidence that SARS-CoV-2 can directly infect brain cells called neurons.

Although the coronavirus has been linked to various forms of brain damage, from deadly inflammation to brain diseases known as encephalopathies, all of which can cause confusion, brain fog and delirium, there was little evidence of the virus itself invading brain tissue until now.


"We are actively looking at more patient tissues to be able to find how frequently such brain infections occur ... and what symptoms correlate with infection of which areas of the brain," senior author Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University, told Live Science in an email.

In addition, scientists must still figure out how the virus enters the brain in the first place, and whether it can be kept out of the brain, the authors noted in their report.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

found the COVID-19 virus in nerves in the brain

These preliminary findings...remind us that tissue samples are needed to actually locate hiding viruses.

Blood samples don't work.

 

[nyanko_the_sane]

Yep, it is hard to see what is going on up there, but judging from this research it ain't looking good. Especially not for the mice.

 

[andyguitar]

Yep, it is hard to see what is going on up there, but judging from this research it ain't looking good. Especially not for the mice.

The mice might not be that concerned, as in the research the virus was put directly into their brains. So what the research shows is that corona virus can grow in brain tissue.

 

[Hufsamor]

Lesson to be learned if you're a mouse:
Stay clear of science.
As proven in this old, (but good) documentary


As for human brains- they did find damage from covid19 in the samples from the three human patients? Didn't they? I don't think the article is exactly crystal clear, but that's the point, isn't it?

 

[Hip]

A study shows SARS-CoV-1 can enter the brain, where it tends to heavily infect the brainstem.

 

[nyanko_the_sane]

Lesson to be learned if you're a mouse:
Stay clear of science.

How would you like to be born into a life where others benefit from your suffering? Hmm...

I guess we are not too different from those mice.

 

[Hip]

Lesson to be learned if you're a mouse:
Stay clear of science.

And cats!