In this Case Study, the authors describe paraneoplastic psychosis and catatonia in a patient with encephalitis associated with an immature teratoma of the ovary and NMDA receptor antibodies.

a In some patients with paraneoplastic anti-NMDAR encephalitis, the possibilities of bacterial infections, HIV, and prion disease were initially considered, but the clinical history, constellation ...

Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is a severe brain disorder caused by autoantibodies that trigger NMDA receptor loss. Here, the authors show that ART5803, a monovalent antibody, blocks this process ...

Encephalitis is a medical emergency. Learn the distinct, time-sensitive strategies for treating HSV, West Nile virus, and ...

Figure 1: Brain MRI scans of a patient with acute herpes simplex type 1 encephalitis. ( A ) On admission, coronal FLAIR imaging showed T2 hyperintensities within the right temporopolar and ...

Objectives Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis (anti-NMDARE) is a severe, but treatable disease. This study aims to give a detailed description of electroencephalogram (EEG) results in ...

Neuroscience research. Learn how the brain's physical, chemical and electrical structure can affect everything from motivation and sensory perception to disease recovery.