Neurological symptoms and complications of COVID–19

Abstract

COVID–19 is a highly infectious viral disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS–CoV2. SARS–CoV–2 has spread rapidly all over the world and has affected various aspects of our life includming medicine and economic. Preliminary clinical data indicate that SARS–CoV–2 infection is associated with neurological and neuropsychiatric illness. COVID–19 can have impact on the brain in multiple ways, both directly and indirectly. We're facing with the era when we have to live together with COVID–19 and it's important to understand the characteristics of SAR–CoV–2. In this review, we summarize the mechanism in which COVID–19 causes neurological complications and what type of neurological and neuropsychiatric comorbidities occur in COVID–19 cases.