A study has shown how the corona virus infects the brain. In this regard, the researchers said that for some time, doctors thought that corona virus can cause a range of neurological disorders, including disorders of organs and protein-rich parts of the brain, inflammation of the central nervous system, and blood clots in the brain. Stroke, discomfort, or weakness caused by a lack of blood can lead to paralysis of the limb.
But the real cause was unknown, whether it was an associated risk or a direct infection that caused it. But scientists say they knew that receptors linked to the corona virus, called ACE-2, are also found in the brain, although they are present in smaller amounts in the brain than in the respiratory tract.
But now, for the first time, researchers at the famous Yale University in the United States have made it clear that corona can take over brain cells.
Although the study has not yet been studied by other experts, it has been shown that the virus hijacks brain cells to replicate them, and their presence can cause damage to surrounding brain cells. They suffer from severe lack of oxygen.
The study also found clear evidence that the corona virus affects metabolic changes in parts of the brain, as well as surrounding cells.
He said that this infection can be prevented by blocking ACE-2. He discovered that receptors are the way to reach the cells.
During their experiments, the scientists genetically modified ACE-2 in only one of the lungs of one group of mice, and only in the brain of the other group. And when the virus was introduced into these mice, those whose brains were infected began to lose weight rapidly, and within six days they died.
This was not the case with mice whose lungs were affected. And when the first group of mice whose brains were affected was autopsied, scientists found that the virus had reached cortical neurons.
Scientists say their research has shown that neurons can be the target of coronavirus (SARS code two) attacks and have devastating effects. And locally the blood supply stops and the cells die.
