Covid-19 virus can cause blood-brain barrier, says new study – Hindustan Times

A new study by University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine strongly claims that Covid-19 virus can show cognitive effects to the patients such as brain fog and fatigue.
The study published in Nature Neuroscience shows that the SARS-CoV-2, the cause of Covid-19, can enter the brain. Researchers, through a mouse model, found that the spike protein, often depicted as the red arms of the virus, can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice.
The spike protein often called the S1 protein, dictates…

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