TWiN reviews experiments which show that SARS-CoV-2 triggers the up-regulation of synaptic components and perturbs local electrical field potential in cerebral organoids, organotypic culture of human brain explants and post-mortem brain samples from individuals with COVID-19.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, Timothy Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison
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