The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) are cation channels in the brain that play important roles in the transmission of nerve impulses and neuronal plasticity. These ligand-gated channels have ...

Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis was first reported to develop in female young adults with ovarian teratoma. However, another study with a larger cohort reported that more than one-third of all ...

Researchers at DZNE and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have pioneered a novel treatment for the most common autoimmune encephalitis. By reprogramming white blood cells to target and eliminate ...

April Braker, a 30-year-old registered nurse, was four classes away from completing her master's degree and on her way to becoming a nurse practitioner. It was May 2018 and she had just started a new ...

STOCKTON, Calif. (KGO) -- A writer's inspiration can take many forms. For Joy Van, it happened while her son was hospitalized with a rare autoimmune disease. "I was sitting in the hospital with him ...

In autoimmune encephalitis, a rare but serious and sometimes life-threatening inflammation of the central nervous system, the body’s own defences are directed against the central nervous system. This ...

For 1 week, a 34-year-old woman complained of headache, feeling feverish, and being unsure of herself. She attributed these symptoms to stress and anxiety and took two of her husband's alprazolam ...

The patient received a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (MG), then underwent a medical odyssey as physicians attempted to pin down the cause of his neurological symptoms. Myasthenia gravis (MG) and ...

Arialys Therapeutics Publishes Preclinical Data in Nature Communications Supporting ART5803 as a First-in-Class Precision Therapeutic for Anti-NMDA Receptor Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disease Study ...