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Abhishek Singh, Neeraj Kumar, Devbrat Mishra. A Systematic Review on Repercussions of the SARS COV-2 on Neural System. Jr of Clinical Forensic Sci. 2025; 3(2): 93–99.
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Received : July 15, 2025
Accepted : September 27, 2025
Published : December 30, 2025
Abstract
Covid-19 far reaching, which was caused by the novel SARS CoV-2, has had an influence so significant and wide that it is touching around the world prosperity. In spite of the fact that it is considered a respiratory infection truly, discoveries from most current considers appear signs proposing that the living being attacks and dispenses wounds on other organ frameworks such as a neural framework.. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain how such pathological neural changes could be related or linked to infections by SARS CoV-2 virus. These include possible neuroinvasion by the virus presumed to be through olfactory pathway since the resulting neurological symptoms are anosmia and ageusia. It induces hyperinflammation, the so-called cytokine storm, as part neuroinflammatory changes with sequel development concerning neurologically relevant complications. Neurological manifestations are variable and include: mild to moderate cognitive impairment, and headache; in more severe cases, encephalopathies, stroke, and Guillain-Barré syndrome. The so-called long COVID as as often as possible as conceivable sets neurological signs with fundamental potential disappointments from these in quality of life.
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Abhishek Singh, Neeraj Kumar, Devbrat Mishra. A Systematic Review on Repercussions of the SARS COV-2 on Neural System. Jr of Clinical Forensic Sci. 2025; 3(2): 93–99.
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