Aciclovir 10 mg/kg body weight every 8 hours was started for possible herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis. MRI fluid-attenuated ... NMDAR = N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor; VGKC = voltage ...

but a rare form of encephalitis. This is when antibodies produced by the immune system attack the brain’s own proteins, in this case its NMDA receptors. This receptor is involved in learning and ...

In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Zhu Shujia from the Center for Excellence in Brain ... NMDA receptors, members of the excitatory ionotropic glutamate receptor family, are ...

Ben Tarver’s night terrors were the first symptoms of Anti-NMDA Receptor ... Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, where the body produces antibodies that attack receptors in the brain.

NMDAR = N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor; VGKC = voltage-gated potassium channel a In some patients with paraneoplastic anti-NMDAR encephalitis, the possibilities of bacterial infections, HIV ...