NIH launches database to track COVID-related neurological problems

Jan 26, 2021 - 02:56 PM
NIH research

The National Institutes of Health has launched an to collect clinical information on neurological symptoms, complications and outcomes related to COVID-19.

The NeuroCOVID project will collect de-identified information and biospecimens from clinical studies, procedures and tests. U.S. health care providers and researchers can request access to the database, created and maintained by NYU Langone Health in New York.

鈥淲e know that COVID-19 can disrupt multiple body systems but the effects of the virus and the body鈥檚 response to COVID-19 infection on the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscle can be particularly devastating, and contribute to persistence of disability even after the virus is cleared,鈥 Barbara Karp, M.D., program director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. 鈥淭here is an urgent need to understand COVID-19-related neurological problems, which not uncommonly include headaches, fatigue, cognitive difficulties, stroke, pain, and sleep disorders as well as some very rare complications of serious infections.鈥

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