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April 2021; 11 (2) Review

Potential Neurologic Manifestations of COVID-19

Anna S. Nordvig, Kathryn T. Fong, Joshua Z. Willey, Kiran T. Thakur, Amelia K. Boehme, Wendy S. Vargas, Craig J. Smith, Mitchell S.V. Elkind
First published June 30, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000897
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Potential Neurologic Manifestations of COVID-19
Anna S. Nordvig, Kathryn T. Fong, Joshua Z. Willey, Kiran T. Thakur, Amelia K. Boehme, Wendy S. Vargas, Craig J. Smith, Mitchell S.V. Elkind
Neurol Clin Pract Apr 2021, 11 (2) e135-e146; DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000897

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Abstract

Purpose of Review Neurologic complications are increasingly recognized in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This coronavirus is related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and other human coronavirus-related illnesses that are associated with neurologic symptoms. These symptoms raise the question of a neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV-2.

Recent Findings Potential neurologic symptoms and syndromes of SARS-CoV-2 include headache, fatigue, dizziness, anosmia, ageusia, anorexia, myalgias, meningoencephalitis, hemorrhage, altered consciousness, Guillain-Barré syndrome, syncope, seizure, and stroke. In addition, we discuss neurologic effects of other coronaviruses, special considerations for management of neurologic patients, and possible long-term neurologic and public health sequelae.

Summary As SARS-CoV-2 is projected to infect a large part of the world's population, understanding the potential neurologic implications of COVID-19 will help neurologists and others recognize and intervene in neurologic morbidity during and after the pandemic of 2020.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the first coronavirus to cause a global pandemic,1 and neurologic problems are increasingly recognized among its complications. The United States now has the highest number of cases worldwide.2 Spread of the virus is projected to continue for months.3 COVID-19 is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a single-stranded RNA virus that belongs to the sarbecovirus family of betacoronaviruses, together with SARS-CoV. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) belongs to a related family of betacoronaviruses.4

Neurologic involvement is documented in SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and other coronavirus-related illnesses.5,–,8 Now as SARS-CoV-2 is projected to infect a large part of the world's population within a short period,3 neurologists should be aware of the neurotropic mechanisms and clinical presentations known in other coronaviruses, the potential short-term neurologic effects of COVID-19, the special considerations for management of neurologic patients during the 2020 crisis, and the possible long-term medical and public health sequelae.

Methods

A literature review was conducted on PubMed and LitCOVID. Search terms included all combinations of “COVID-19,” “SARS-CoV-2,” and “coronavirus” with “neurology,” “neurologic,” and “nervous system.” There were 233 articles published before May 8, 2020, that were identified and reviewed for pertinence and validity. The first author reviewed all articles. Other authors provided critical feedback. A formal systematic review, including review of each article by multiple authors, was not pursued, given the exigencies of the pandemic.

Phylogenetic Review of SARS-CoV-2 and Related Coronaviruses

Coronaviruses are divided into genera by serologic cross-reactivity and then further delineated into lineages. SARS-CoV-2 is a member of the betacoronavirus (group 2 genus) and sarbecovirus lineage (lineage 2). The only other human coronavirus in this lineage is SARS-CoV, which shares 79% genetic sequence identity with SARS-CoV-2.9 Features of other betacoronaviruses are listed in table 1. Because the genomic sequence identity in conserved replicase domains (ORF 1ab) is less than 90% between SARS-CoV-2 and all other members of the betacoronavirus family, SARS-CoV-2 has been denoted as a novel betacoronavirus.9

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Neurologically Notable Coronaviruses in Humans and Animalse-68

Neurologic Involvement in Other Coronaviruses

Although acute and chronic neurologic diseases in animals have been described in relation to nonhuman strains of coronavirus,10 reports of neurologic manifestations from human coronaviruses are infrequent (table 2).11,–,18 There are numerous proposed mechanisms for neurologic involvement by coronaviruses in animals and humans.19 Among the 7 strains of human coronavirus known to be pathogenic, 3 strains have been detected in the CNS: 2 strains responsible for up to 30% of common colds, HCoV-229E, and HCoV-OC43,6,20 as well as SARS-CoV.21

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Neurologic Findings in Case Reports of SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and HCoV-OC43

The clinical respiratory illness in COVID-19 is similar to SARS, and involvement of other organs may also be similar between the 2 diseases.22 The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the portal of entry for both SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2.22 ACE2 on neurons was implicated as the entry point of CNS infection by SARS-CoV.23

In a 2008 mouse study using a selective antibody, ACE2 was found to be widespread on the cardiorespiratory neurons of the brainstem (raphe nuclei, nucleus of the tractus solitarius, and rostral ventrolateral medulla), hypothalamus (paraventricular nucleus), and the subfornical organ, as well as the motor cortex.24,–,26 Human studies using quantitative in vitro autoradiography have shown ACE2 on neurons and glia in the hypothalamus, midbrain, pons, cerebellum, medulla oblongata, and basal ganglia,27 although the enzyme's distribution in the human CNS is not as well characterized as in mice.28

ACE2 is also found on endothelial cells.29 Endothelial involvement in the brain could theoretically also lead to blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption, such as that found in hypertension30 and a proinflammatory state.31

In mouse models, there is immunohistochemical evidence of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV CNS invasion, especially in the brainstem.32,–,34 In an underpowered human autopsy study, in situ hybridization confirmed the presence of viral RNA of HCoV-229E and HCoV-OC43 strains in brain bank samples of 14 of 39 (36%) patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and in 7 of 51 (14%) controls (25 normal controls and 26 patients with other neurologic diseases).6

In the pediatric population, HCoVs have been associated with clinical neurologic disease. In a single-center Chinese study, IgM antibodies to HCoV were found in the CSF of 12% of hospitalized children with encephalitis over a 1-month period.17 Rare case reports suggest a link to fatal encephalitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (table 2).

The SARS-CoV epidemic in 2003 tallied over 8,000 infections and 700 deaths. Case reports of neurologic illness in SARS-CoV (table 2) include central and peripheral nervous system manifestations—delirium, reduced level of consciousness,14,18 seizures,12,18 stroke, myopathy,11,35 neuropathy,36 and striated muscle vasculitis.37

MERS-CoV has not been isolated from CSF or postmortem brain specimens among approximately 2,500 laboratory-confirmed cases, but there are 6 patients described with neurologic illness following an intensive care unit (ICU) course (table 2).

Another autopsy study from 8 confirmed SARS cases found evidence of SARS-CoV genetic material in the brain by in situ hybridization, electron microscopy, and RT-PCR.38 The signals were confined to the cytoplasm of numerous neurons in the hypothalamus and cortex. Edema and scattered red degeneration of the neurons were present in the brains of 6 of the 8 confirmed cases of SARS. SARS viral sequences and pathologic changes were not present in the brains of unconfirmed cases or 6 age-matched head trauma control cases. The report does not specify if any of the 8 SARS cases manifested neurologic symptoms during their acute illness. Importantly, edema and acidophilic neuronal degeneration are nonspecific markers of acute neuronal injury39—there was no reported evidence of direct pathologic effects of SARS-CoV. This study, therefore, does not confirm whether the genomic sequences detected are indicative of direct viral invasion, virus-related brain injury, or an incidental secondary phenomenon.

Weaknesses of these studies include limited or inconsistent information about autopsy, inconsistent neuroimaging evidence of cerebral injury, comorbid conditions, and morbidities of intensive care treatment that are known to cause neurologic events. Many questions arise about the role of immunosuppression in these cases: did steroids alone or in combination with SARS-associated lymphopenia facilitate neuroinvasion? Was the patient with autoimmune history receiving immunosuppressive treatment? In addition, end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis may have contributed to an underlying immunosuppressed state.

Mechanisms of CNS Injury by Coronaviruses and Other Infections and Implications for SARS-CoV-2

HCoVs have proven capable of using at least 3 pathways for direct viral entry into the CNS15—some of these may be relevant to SARS-CoV-2 (table 3).

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Potential Mechanisms for Neurologic Injury in COVID-19

First, direct inoculation of the olfactory bulb through the cribriform plate may be one mechanism for the introduction of the virus into the CNS.32,e-8 Direct intranasal inoculation of SARS-CoV in mice induced widespread SARS-CoV neuronal infection in areas with first- or second-order connections with the olfactory bulb within 7 days. After inoculation, transneuronal spread was the likely mechanism for further viral infection.32 In a 1990 study, ablation of the olfactory bulb prevented the spread of the mouse hepatitis virus type 3 coronavirus (MHV) on nasal inoculation.40 Moreover, low doses of MERS-CoV introduced intranasally in mice resulted only in CNS infection, and spared other organs in mice, providing indirect evidence for neurotropism.34

In COVID-19, small studies are showing high rates of self-reported anosmia, and also ageusia (perhaps due to involvement of gustatory receptors), often without rhinorrhea or nasal congestion.e-1–e-3 Olfactory and gustatory dysfunction may be independent and persistent symptoms even as they are highly correlated in incidence (table 4). Whether the presence of these symptoms indicates transnasal spread and portends a mechanism that causes greater neurologic disease requires further study.

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Neurologic Findings in Case Reports and Case Series of Systemic SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19)

Second, in pigs and birds, after infection of peripheral nerve terminals through oronasal inoculation, CNS invasion may also occur by retrograde synaptic transmission through sensory nerves and ganglia. Trans-synaptic transfer has been documented in other coronavirus animal models such as swine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus (where eventual brainstem infection was first detected in the trigeminal and vagal sensory nuclei) and avian bronchitis virus.e-4

In a 2015 study of MHV in mice, BBB invasion by coronaviruses correlated with virus-induced disruption of tight junctions on brain microvascular endothelial cells. This led to BBB dysfunction and enhanced permeability.e-5 When MHV is directly inoculated into the CNS, proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines surge. Neutrophils, natural killer cells, and monocyte/macrophages rapidly migrate to the CNS, secreting matrix metalloproteinases to permeate the BBB. Virus-specific T cells infiltrate the CNS; oligodendroglia are primary targets of infection. Importantly, the virus becomes undetectable in the CSF 2 weeks postinfection, but persists mainly in white matter tracts. As a result of this largely immune-mediated response, animals develop demyelinating lesions within the brain and spinal cord that are associated with clinical manifestations, including awkward gait and hindlimb paralysis.e-6–e-8 Although SARS-CoV-2 has not yet been identified in CNS endothelium, viral particles were found on electron microscopy in renal endothelial cells of 1 patient with a remote history of renal transplant; the 2 others in the series had systemic endotheliitis but no viral particles.e-9

Acute infections may be a trigger for stroke due to increased inflammation and consequent thrombosis.e-10–e-12 In analyses from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) and the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, recent hospitalization for infection was associated with an increased risk of stroke.e-13 In CHS, among 669 participants who experienced a stroke, the risk of stroke increased following hospitalization for infection within the previous 30 days (odds ratio 7.3, 95% confidence interval 1.9–40.9). A population-based cohort study from Denmark showed that ∼80% of cardiovascular events after exposure to bacteremia occurred during the index hospitalization, with the risk of stroke highest in the first 3–15 days postinfection.e-14 Even influenza and minor respiratory and urinary tract infections are associated with increased stroke risk, and vaccinations may help prevent stroke.e-12,e-15 A Cochrane review of 8 randomized controlled trials (12,029 participants) provides evidence that influenza vaccination decreased cardiovascular outcomes, and a case series study found that the risk of stroke was increased after respiratory tract infection and was reduced after vaccination against influenza, pneumococcal infection, and tetanus.e-16 Research with administrative data has also identified sepsis as a stroke trigger, although the absolute risk is low.e-12

Some critically ill patients with COVID-19 experience a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (cytokine storm) that may lead to endothelial dysfunctione-17—a known risk factor for thromboembolic events.e-18 Many systemic markers of proinflammatory activation are elevated, including multiple cytokines. For example, peripheral tumor necrosis factor-α, a key upstream mediator of the systemic inflammatory response, and interleukin-6 (IL-6), a key driver of the acute-phase response, are higher in more severe COVID-19.22,e-19

IL-6 is critically involved in thromboinflammatory activation, and elevated concentrations may therefore drive a prothrombotic state. Perturbations to the thrombosis-coagulation pathways have also been reported. Disruption to both anticoagulant (e.g., reduced antithrombin and elevated lupus anticoagulant) and procoagulant/thrombotic (increased fibrinogen, d-dimer, and increased prothrombin time) pathways is reminiscent of disseminated intravascular coagulation (table 4). e-20 In a case series of 5 COVID-19 skin and lung biopsies, thrombotic microvascular injury was associated with extensive complement activation.e-21

There have been several reports of acute myopericarditis and other cardiac complications with SARS-CoV-2e-22 and SARS-CoV,e-23 which, combined with hypercoagulability, could also lead to stroke as a consequence of cardiac arrhythmia and dysfunction causing cardiac embolism.

In summary, neurologic effects of coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2 may be triggered by direct cytopathic effects of the virus, secondary effects of severe pulmonary infection, the systemic inflammatory response (cytokine storm), or a combination of these.

Clinical Neurologic Findings in COVID-19

Reports of early and mild neurologic symptoms of COVID-19 differ in both symptom classification and incidence despite most of them being reported from hospitalized cohorts; the most commonly reported symptoms are headache, mild confusion, dizziness, myalgias, fatigue, anorexia, anosmia, and ageusia (table 4). Many of these reported symptoms are nonspecific, found in many viral illnesses, and may or may not indicate CNS involvement.

For example, although robust evidence for anosmia and ageusia is lacking, the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery has established a COVID-19 Anosmia Reporting Tool for Clinicians,e-24 as data emerge.e-25,e-26 In contrast to low rates of anosmia and ageusia in hospitalized or critically ill patients, 2 retrospective studies of only patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 report high rates of olfactory and gustatory impairment of over 68%–80%.e-1,e-2 Although there may be substantial selection bias in the questionnaire response, these symptoms may be more prominent or more acknowledged in milder disease.

SARS-CoV-2 is associated with more serious neurologic complications including ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, meningoencephalitis, syncope, seizures, possible demyelination, and recrudescence of prior strokes, seizure syndromes, or MS pseudorelapse (table 4).

In a series of 214 from Wuhan, China, ∼40% of patients had at least 1 comorbidity that increased the risk of stroke, such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer. Patients with stroke had higher d-dimer levels compared with both those with severe non-CNS symptoms and those with nonsevere CNS symptoms. Although milder neurologic symptoms occurred within 1–2 days of symptom onset, the mean onset of stroke and impaired consciousness was 8–10 days into the illness.e-27 Other case series have reported stroke onset within 0–4 days (table 4).

Among 13 patients with stroke in a Wuhan series, there were 3 small vessel, 5 large vessel, and 3 cardioembolic strokes, as well as 1 cerebral venous thrombosis and 1 hemorrhage.e-28 This suggests that the mechanism of stroke is likely not specific to a particular pathophysiologic feature of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but rather the result of nonspecific effects of inflammation, and endothelial and coagulation dysfunction, likely superimposed on preexisting risk factors.

Although systemic inflammation from infectious disease is a recognized stroke risk factor, as discussed above, large studies on other viruses such as influenza A show only a 1% incidence of stroke over a period of 45 days.e-12 In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) intensive care patients, patients treated with standard-of-care mechanical ventilation (with referral to venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [ECMO] for refractory cases) developed only 5% ischemic stroke and 2%–4% hemorrhagic stroke events.e-29

The causes of common neurologic symptoms in critical illness may include drug-induced paralysis, hypotension, ECMO, concomitant superinfections, profound changes in systemic thromboinflammation/immune cellular function, and extended immobility. Profound multiorgan involvement of COVID-19 may multiply intensive care issues contributing to delirium.e-30 Of 113 deceased patients with COVID-19 in 1 series, 23 (20%) had hypoxic encephalopathy.e-31 Chinese brain autopsies show endovasculitis, endothelial damage, cerebral edema, hyperemia, and neurodegeneration with SARS-CoV-2e-32—many of these findings could also be attributed to critical illness as discussed earlier. To understand the neurologic role of SARS-CoV-2 in critically ill patients with COVID-19, further data are needed on the frequency of neurologic complications of critical illness, such as thrombosis, critical illness myoneuropathy, and cerebral hypoperfusion. For example, the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines COVID-19 registry will add an urgent module designed to capture nation-wide data on the cardiovascular and neurologic effects of COVID-19.e-33

At-risk Neurologic Patients

As suggested by coronavirus mechanisms of neurologic injury, there is potential for some neurologic patients to be at increased risk for further morbidity (table 5). Patients with preexisting BBB compromise may be at higher risk. Stroke-induced suppression of the innate and adaptive immune systems, mediated by dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system, is well describede-34 and may increase susceptibility to, and severity of, SARS-CoV-2 infection in the acute phase of stroke and therefore worsen clinical outcomes. Another potential risk of infection is the dementia-related behaviors that may make it difficult for patients to comply with key infection prevention measures (e.g., remembering to wash hands).e-35

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COVID-19 Considerations for Specific Neurologic Patients

Given the susceptibility of patients with respiratory comorbidities to COVID-19, some neurologic patients may be more susceptible to COVID-19–related morbidity due to underlying respiratory compromise in preexisting neuromuscular disease,e-36 major stroke,e-18 and advanced neurodegeneration. For example, in hemispheric stroke, cough, expiratory muscle function and functional residual capacity are impaired.e-37,e-38 Other neurologic patients with frequent cardiac comorbidities, such as patients with Parkinson disease, may also be at higher risk, although there is no evidence that Parkinson disease or other movement disorders decrease chance of survival when compared with otherwise similar patients.e-39 As seen with other infections, patients with chronic deficits having COVID-19 may have recrudescence or worsening of their neurologic symptoms, including seizure, MS pseudorelapse, or residua from stroke.e-40

Immunosuppressed patients have been specifically cautioned about COVID-19,e-41 although clear data regarding their risk are not yet available. Clinicians and patients are already weighing these advisories when deciding on standard-of-care treatments;e-42 the data remain controversial.e-43–e-46

Thromboembolic disease is common in COVID-19. Deep venous thrombosis was confirmed in 27% of 184 COVID-19 ICU patients (of which pulmonary embolism was 81%), despite prophylaxis.e-47 Traditional contraindications to anticoagulant therapy, such as a prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), may not be as helpful in patients with COVID-19 in whom prolonged aPTT and lupus anticoagulant may be seen.e-48 Neurologists and intensivists will need to carefully weigh the benefits of antithrombotic therapies against the risks of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Although staging models of clinical COVID-19 disease progression warrant consideration of neurologic involvement,e-49 the realities of sterilization and staffing of head imaging studies during a pandemic are restrictive and may limit neurologic investigations in patients with COVID-19 who have severe cardiopulmonary complications.

Finally, widespread social isolation policies may be restricting neurologic patient access to specialist care, with widespread closures of outpatient neurology offices. As the case fatality rate of COVID-19 for elderly patients with dementia is 3-11x that of patients in their 50s,e-50 patients with dementia may be disproportionately affected by stringent restrictions aimed at protecting the highest COVID-19 risk group.

Longer-term Neurologic Implications of COVID-19

It remains unknown whether SARS-CoV-2 will cause longer-term neurologic morbidity. It is important to consider whether widespread recovered COVID-19 in our population will be a risk factor for other neurologic sequelae.

Psychiatric disease and fatigue may occur in severe COVID-19 survivors, as was reported after SARS. For example, 63% of SARS survivors from a Hong Kong hospital responded to a survey a mean 41 months after recovery; over 40% had active psychiatric illness, 40% complained of chronic fatigue, and 27% met the 1994 diagnostic criteria for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. In another small study of 22 SARS survivors who were unable to return to work mainly as health care workers, symptoms closely overlapped with chronic fibromyalgia (chronic fatigue, pain, weakness, depression, and sleep disturbance).13

Longer-term stroke risk factors may also be elevated after severe coronavirus infection.e-22 For example, in a 12-year follow-up study of 25 patients infected with SARS-CoV and treated with methylprednisolone vs 25 healthy controls (average age 47 years, body mass index 24 kg/m2), 68% vs 40% reported hyperlipidemia, 60% vs 16% reported glucose metabolism disorder, and 44% vs 0% reported cardiovascular system abnormalities.e-51 Mechanisms for these increased prevalences are uncertain.

Infection is a risk factor for decreased cognitive function, both acutely and over time. In addition, a dose response with severity of infection has been associated with accelerated cognitive decline.e-52 Common infections such as upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, periodontal infections/inflammation, and general infections, particularly concurrent infections, are also associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer disease and related dementias.e-53–e-61 Sepsis survivors showed not only cognitive deficits in verbal learning and memory but had reduction of left hippocampal volume compared with healthy controls.e-62 Seventy percent to 100% of ARDS survivors had cognitive impairment at discharge—46%–80% 1 year later—and worse impairment correlated with ARDS severity.e-63 Cognitive and behavioral impairment after COVID-19 may warrant study.

Finally, ongoing and planned critical trials of neurodegenerative and non–life-threatening chronic neurologic disorders are being paused to keep elderly and vulnerable patients away from hospitals, which could have implications for those trials as well as advances in neurodegeneration research.

Implications for Pediatric Neurology

Implications for pediatric neurology remain very uncertain; just 2 case reports suggest COVID-19–associated paroxysmal events in infants (table 4).e-64 Coronavirus HCoV-OC43 was detected in the CSF of a child presenting with acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis.16 Although other pediatric viral infections were associated with a higher incidence of diseases such as MS, there is insufficient evidence to make the same assertion about coronaviruses.7,17,e-65 Rare neurologic complications of medium-vessel vasculitis have also occurred in the past,e-66 and now a case of Kawasaki disease after COVID-19 has been reported.e-67 Because the outcomes of COVID-19 seem to be more favorable in many children, it will be difficult to estimate the potential role of coronavirus infection in long-term pediatric neurologic health.

SARS-CoV-2 is associated with several neurologic symptoms and syndromes including headache, fatigue, anosmia, ageusia, anorexia, myalgias, asthenia, meningitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, altered consciousness, syncope, and stroke. Understanding the potential neurologic implications of COVID-19, and lessons from previous experience with coronaviruses, will help neurologists and others recognize and intervene in neurologic morbidity during and after the pandemic of 2020. It is difficult to fully separate the direct neurologic effects of COVID-19 from the secondary neurologic complications of critical systemic illness, but both issues need to be considered, given the overwhelming spread of COVID-19.

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  • → Diverse neurologic manifestations and long-term neuropsychiatric sequelae have been reported in infections with numerous previously known coronaviruses.

  • → Potential neurologic complications of COVID-19 include headache, fatigue, dizziness, anosmia, ageusia, anorexia, myalgias, meningoencephalitis, hemorrhage, altered consciousness, Guillain-Barré syndrome, syncope, seizure, and stroke.

  • → Mechanisms of neurologic disease may be similar to other coronaviruses, especially to SARS-CoV, which is phylogenetically most similar and enters cells through the same protein, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2.

  • → Postulated mechanisms of neurologic damage from other coronaviruses suggest the possibility of systemic disease sequelae (including inflammation, thrombosis, and hypoxia), direct neuroinvasiveness (although neurotropism has never been definitively shown), peripheral nervous system and muscle involvement, and possible immune-mediated para- and postinfectious effects.

  • → In neurologic patients, special consideration is needed for compliance with hygiene and social distancing, COVID-19 symptom identification, stroke management, and comorbidity management.

Acknowledgment

The authors thank Dr. Richard Mayeux for his helpful review of a draft of this manuscript.

Study Funding

Anna S. Nordvig is supported by NINDS 5T32 NS007153 (PI Elkind) and the Charles and Ann Lee Brown Fellowship. Kiran T. Thakur is supported by NIH 1K23NS105935-01. Amelia K. Boehme is supported by NINDS NIH R03 NS101417 and NINDS NIMHD R21 MD012451. Craig J. Smith is supported by the University of Manchester and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and has received funding from the NIHR, MRC, and the Leducq Foundation. Mitchell Elkind is supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Leducq Foundation. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsoring institutions.

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  • Received April 16, 2020.
  • Accepted June 12, 2020.
  • © 2020 American Academy of Neurology

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