ACE2 Gender Differences in Stroke With COVID-19

The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, causes the COVID-19 infection, which showed a form of neurovirulence involving the Central and peripheral Nervous Systems [Baig et al, 2020]. In a mouse model for human ACE2 expression, the virus entered the brain mainly through the olfactory bulb pathway [Netland et al, 2008], with an …