The route of SARS-CoV-2 to brain infection: have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Rafał Butowt, Christopher S. von Bartheld
Abstract
This letter draws attention to recent work supporting the notion that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may use the nervus terminalis rather than the olfactory nerve as a shortcut route from the nasal cavity to infect the brain.
Topics & Concepts
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)NeurologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakTree (set theory)NeuroscienceVirologyCoronavirusMedicineBiologyPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakMathematicsDiseaseMathematical analysisLong-Term Effects of COVID-19COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research