Monthly Archives: June 2022

Frequency of Neurological Diseases After COVID-19, Influenza A/B and Bacterial Pneumonia Posted on June 28, 2022 by admin

Abbreviated Abstract: Introduction: COVID-19 might affect the incidence of specific neurological diseases, but it is unknown if this differs from the risk following other infections. Here, we characterized the frequency of neurodegenerative, cerebrovascular, and immune-mediated neurological diseases after COVID-19 compared … Continue reading →

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Epidemiological and Clinical Features of Kawasaki Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic Posted on June 26, 2022 by admin

Abbreviated Abstract: Importance: Public health measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic had widespread effects on population behaviors, transmission of infectious diseases, and exposures to environmental pollutants. This provided an opportunity to study how these factors potentially influenced the incidence of … Continue reading →

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Role of Superantigens In Various Childhood Inflamatory Diseases Posted on June 13, 2022 by admin

Abbreviated Abstract:  Super antigens are some part of virus or bacteria proteins which stimulate T cells and antigen-presenting cells leading to systemic immune response and inflammation. Super antigens have a possible role in in various inflammatory childhood diseases (i.e. Kawasaki … Continue reading →

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Role of genetic variants and host polymorphisms on COVID-19: From viral entrance mechanisms to immunological reactions Posted on June 11, 2022 by admin

Abstract:  Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a highly pathogenic emerging virus, is called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Knowledge regarding the pathogenesis of this virus is in infancy; however, investigation on the pathogenic mechanisms of the SARS-CoV-2 … Continue reading →

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Human dopamine neuronal population that selectively degenerates in Parkinson’s disease Posted on June 10, 2022 by admin

Transcriptional profiling has identified a specific population of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra that is highly susceptible to degeneration in Parkinson disease (PD). Analysis of nearly 400,000 nuclei from patients with PD and healthy individuals showed that a cell … Continue reading →

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Guardians of the brain: how a special immune system protects our grey matter Posted on June 6, 2022 by admin

Mini review on how the nervous and immune systems are tightly intertwined to affect neuronal function and disease susceptibility.  Kwon D: Guardians of the Brain: how a special immune system protects our grey matter. Nature 606, 22-24 (2022); doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01502-8 … Continue reading →

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Long COVID, neuropsychiatric disorders, psychotropics, present and future Posted on June 6, 2022 by admin

Abstract: Long COVID refers to the lingering symptoms which persist or appear after the acute illness. The dominant long COVID symptoms in the two years since the pandemic began (2020-2021) have been depression, anxiety, fatigue, concentration and cognitive impairments with … Continue reading →

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