Fig. 3: SARS-CoV-2 antigens were detected in both dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra. | npj Parkinson's Disease

Fig. 3: SARS-CoV-2 antigens were detected in both dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra.

From: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins and genomic sequences in human brainstem nuclei

Fig. 3

Double label N protein (red) and Tyrosine Hydroxylase (green) fluorescent immunohistochemistry at the level of the substantia nigra in the midbrain. a–c In COVID-19, Both TH+ and TH− neurons display N protein immunoreactivity. In COVID-19 subjects with negative RT-PCR/IHC (d) as well as controls (e) no N protein staining was detected.

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