“…While COVID-19 itself can lead to psychiatric sequelae and neurological damage, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, motor dysfunction (1, 16, 21-23, 26, 27), cognitive impairment (13,14) and ischaemic brain injury (11,150,167), related socioeconomic stressors and unhealthy lifestyles may increase the risk of mental disorders (7,11,24,27), such as anxiety, depression, PD, AD, and ischaemic stroke, in the general population (3,26). The current evidence suggests that salidroside can ameliorate the exacerbation of psychiatric sequelae and brain injuries via multiple pathways and combat the negative effects of stressors (…”