期刊
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 272, 期 1, 页码 139-154出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-021-01286-4
关键词
Cognition; Alzheimer's disease; Virus; Dementia; COVID-19; Prevention
Recent attention has been focused on the impact of infectious diseases on human cognition, with theories proposed to explain cognitive decline. Studies suggest that COVID-19 may have short- and long-term effects on cognition, even in asymptomatic individuals.
Recently, much attention has been drawn to the importance of the impact of infectious disease on human cognition. Several theories have been proposed, to explain the cognitive decline following an infection as well as to understand better the pathogenesis of human dementia, especially Alzheimer's disease. This article aims to review the state of the art regarding the knowledge about the impact of acute viral infections on human cognition, laying a foundation to explore the possible cognitive decline followed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To reach this goal, we conducted a narrative review systematizing six acute viral infections as well as the current knowledge about COVID-19 and its impact on human cognition. Recent findings suggest probable short- and long-term COVID-19 impacts in cognition, even in asymptomatic individuals, which could be accounted for by direct and indirect pathways to brain dysfunction. Understanding this scenario might help clinicians and health leaders to deal better with a wave of neuropsychiatric issues that may arise following COVID-19 pandemic as well as with other acute viral infections, to alleviate the cognitive sequelae of these infections around the world.
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