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Exploring Brain Damages After COVID-19 Infection
Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux
Summary
Although direct evidence is currently lacking, the high identity between SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 suggests, that the latter viral strain could also infect the Central Nervous System (CNS). Indeed, some cases of SARS-COV2 encephalitis begin to be described and CNS damages are increasingly highlighted in the literature, but still not objectified by imaging and do not allow to explain the entire clinical patterns. We hypothesise that these CNS damages are not always objectified by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) but could be indirectly observed by a physiological dysfunction of neural conduction in the brainstem. We will explore brainstem disruption through an electrophysiological approach.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
38
Start Date
2020-05-19
Completion Date
2021-03-10
Last Updated
2026-06-09
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Auditory Evoked Potentials (AEP)
Record of electrophysiological responses (Auditory Evoked Potentials or AEP) during auditory stimulations with an electroencephalogram (EEG).
Blink and Masseter Inhibitory Reflex
Electrophysiological exploration while stimulating trigeminal nerve to record 1) motor response induced (muscle contraction delay (Blink)) of the facial nerve, or 2) the contraction inhibition of masseters (Masseter Inhibitory Reflex (MIR)).
Locations (1)
CHU de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France