COVID-19 and the Chemical Senses: Supporting Players Take Center Stage

The main neurological manifestation of COVID-19 is loss of smell or taste. The high incidence of smell loss without significant rhinorrhea or nasal congestion suggests that SARS-CoV-2 targets the chemical senses through mechanisms distinct from those ...

Neuron . 2020 Jul 1;107(2):219–233. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.06.032 COVID-19 and the Chemical Senses: Supporting Players Take Center Stage Keiland W Cooper Keiland W Cooper 1 Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA Find articles by Keiland W Cooper 1, 14 , David H Brann David H Brann 2 Harvard Medical School Department of Neurobiology, Boston, MA, USA Find articles by David H Brann 2, 14 , Michael C Farruggia Michael C Farruggia 3 Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA Find articles by Michael C Farruggia 3

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