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Coronavirus can hijack brain cells in deadly mind invasion, new study warns
Covid-19, could directly infect brain cells called neurons.Scientists had previously feared that the virus could be the cause of various forms of brain damage among patients – including inflammation of the brain and diseases such as encephalopathies with symptoms including confusion, brain fog and delirium.So far, there has been little evidence that the virus could be directly responsible for such brain conditions, but now scientists say they have discovered evidence of a link.Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University, told Live Science: "We are actively looking at more patient tissues to be able to find how frequently such brain infections occur ...