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Comment
. 2021 Feb;22(2):74-75.
doi: 10.1038/s41583-020-00427-3.

A CNS gateway for SARS-CoV-2

Darran Yates  1
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Comment

A CNS gateway for SARS-CoV-2

Darran Yates. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

A new study provides evidence suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 may be able to enter the CNS via the neural–mucosal interface in the olfactory mucosa.

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  • Olfactory transmucosal SARS-CoV-2 invasion as a port of central nervous system entry in individuals with COVID-19.
    Meinhardt J, Radke J, Dittmayer C, Franz J, Thomas C, Mothes R, Laue M, Schneider J, Brünink S, Greuel S, Lehmann M, Hassan O, Aschman T, Schumann E, Chua RL, Conrad C, Eils R, Stenzel W, Windgassen M, Rößler L, Goebel HH, Gelderblom HR, Martin H, Nitsche A, Schulz-Schaeffer WJ, Hakroush S, Winkler MS, Tampe B, Scheibe F, Körtvélyessy P, Reinhold D, Siegmund B, Kühl AA, Elezkurtaj S, Horst D, Oesterhelweg L, Tsokos M, Ingold-Heppner B, Stadelmann C, Drosten C, Corman VM, Radbruch H, Heppner FL. Meinhardt J, et al. Nat Neurosci. 2021 Feb;24(2):168-175. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-00758-5. Epub 2020 Nov 30. Nat Neurosci. 2021. PMID: 33257876

References

    1. Meinhardt J, et al. Olfactory transmucosal SARS-CoV-2 invasion as a port of central nervous system entry in individuals with COVID-19. Nat. Neurosci. 2020 doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-00758-5. - DOI - PubMed