Neurological effects of COVID-19
Neurological effects of COVID-19
Theme: Other neurological disorders
Sunday 23rd April, 16:20 – 18:00
Patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome with coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can develop a wide variety of neurological complications. In this symposium, we will have four speakers discussing their work, looking at the pathophysiological mechanisms of the virus and the long-term implications.
- Avindra Nath, NIH, Bethesda, USA: Neurological disorders in COVID-19: potential mechanisms of disease (co-chair)
- Michael Lunn, UCL, London, UK: Epidemiological and cohort study finds no association between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Marcel Woo, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany: Cognitive deficits after recovery from COVID-19
- Sijia Zhao, University of Oxford, UK: Rapid vigilance and episodic memory decrements in COVID-19 survivors (co-chair)