Viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, which caused Covid-19, can cause brain cells to fuse, initiating malfunctions that lead to chronic neurological symptoms, according to an international team of researchers.This could explain brain fog, headaches, .
This could explain brain fog, headaches, loss of taste and smell and other long-term neurological symptoms some patients experience as long Covid months after their initial infection.To u
Researchers have discovered that viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain cells to fuse, initiating malfunctions that lead to chronic neurological symptoms.<br /><br />
Professor Massimo Hilliard and Dr Ramon Martinez-Marmol from the Queensland Brain Institute have explored how viruses alter the function of the nervous system. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been detected in the brains of people with ‘long COVID’, and causes neurons to undergo a cell fusion process. The discovery offers a potential explanation for persistent neurological effects after a viral infection.