text: Acute and Post Acute Neurological Complications of COVID 19 Coronavirus disease 2019 COVID 19 is an emerging global health emergency caused by the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS CoV 2 The global outbreak of SARS CoV 2 infection has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization WHO The clinical presentation of SARS CoV 2 infection depends on the severity of the disease and may range from an asymptomatic infection to a severe and lethal illness Fever cough and shortness of breath are among the most common symptoms associated with SARS CoV 2 infection Accumulating evidence indicates that COVID 19 patients commonly develop neurological symptoms such as headache altered mental status anosmia and myalgia In this comprehensive literature review we have summarized the most common neurological complications and reported neurological case studies associated with COVID 19 and neurological side effects associated with COVID 19 treatments Additionally the post acute COVID 19 syndrome and long term neurological complications were discussed We also explained the proposed mechanisms that are involved in the pathogenesis of these neurological complications 