On March 24, 2021, the Annals of Neurology featured new research co-authored by AFAR grantee M. Brandon Westover, MD, PhD, which indicates that some hospitalized patients with COVID-19 experience non-convulsive seizures, putting them at a higher risk of long-term brain damage or death.
Dr. Westover is a 2018 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award recipient, and an Associate Professor of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Read the research, “Electroencephalographic Abnormalities are Common in COVID-19 and are Associated with Outcomes,” here.
Read a related press release here.
