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The route of SARS-CoV-2 to brain infection: have we been barking up the wrong tree?

Molecular Neurodegeneration
DOI: 10.1186/s13024-022-00529-9
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This letter draws attention to recent work supporting the notion that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may use the nervus terminalis rather than the olfactory nerve as a shortcut route from the nasal cavity to infect the brain.

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Butowt, R., & von Bartheld, C. S. (2022, December 1). The route of SARS-CoV-2 to brain infection: have we been barking up the wrong tree? Molecular Neurodegeneration. BioMed Central Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13024-022-00529-9

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