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Seizures are one of the most frequent neurological disorders in neonates − the incidence of seizures in infants born at term is 1–3 per 1,000 live births, and is even higher in both preterm and very-low-birth-weight infants at 1–13 per 1,000 live births.1 Seizures may signify serious malfunction of, or damage to, the immature brain and […]

Angelo Antonini, May 2020 – Neurological and Psychiatric Events in Patients with COVID-19

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Published Online: Jun 8th 2020

We caught up with our Editorial Board member, Angelo Antonini (University of Padova, Veneto, Italy), to discuss the neurological and psychiatric events that have been observed in patients with COVID-19, what could be done to prepare for these and if anything can be learnt from current experience.

Questions
1. Could you tell us about the neurologic and psychiatric events that have been experienced by some patients with COVID-19? (
0:05)
2. Do we know how the virus could be affecting the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system? (
1:46)
3. How can neurologists prepare themselves for these complications? (
3:31)
4. Could neurologists learn anything else from your experiences? (
4:57)

Speaker disclosure: Angelo Antonini has received honoraria for consultancies, advisory boards and/or speaker activities from: AbbVie, Bial, Boehringer Ingelheim, General Electric, NeuroDerm, UCB and Zambon. He has received research support from: Chiesi, Lundbeck, AbbVie, Horizon 2020 and MIUR.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media.

Filmed, May 2020.

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