COVID-19 Impacts Brain, CNS (Depression and Psychiatry Webinar)
Jul 13, 2020 International Conferences (Video Presentations)
Video presentation to the Depression and Psychiatry Webinar
Diseases of CNS induce irreversible changes in personality that sometimes amount to a personality disorder
COVID-19 Effects on the brain
Virus may be neurotropic and lead to polyneuropathy
PANIC DISORDER OR THE VIRUS
Blood circulation pathway
hACE2 (human angiotensin converting enzyme)
Structural biological properties (lack of major histocompatibility antigens, homeostasis)
43-44% MRI abnormalities in medial and temporal lobes (cognitive, emotional functions)
Effects on stem, thalami (sensa, pain), cerebellum (motor), white matter (messaging to grey matter)
Amygdala hijack (emotional dysregulation)
Toxic encephalopathy ANE (Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy)
Neuroinflammation or hyperinflammation (cytokine storm)
Severe acute demyelinating lesions