COVID-19 induces CNS cytokine expression and loss of hippocampal neurogenesis

Welcome to the 9th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. In this episode we chat with Professor Robyn S. Klein, senior author of the article entitled: COVID-19 induces CNS cytokine expression and loss of hippocampal neurogenesis This article explores the ongoing challenge to better understand the mechanisms underlying the cognitive and neuropsychiatric sequlae of the Sars-CoV2 infection. We discuss the use of both animal model experiments and human post-mortem tissue investigation to gain insight on this topical condition. Check out the full article on the Brain website: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac270 This episode was hosted, edited and produced by Xin You Tai; co-hosted by Sarosh Irani; co-produced by Joanne Bell; original music by Ammar Al-Chalabi.