Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis is a rare brain condition that can be mistaken for the flu or a psychiatric illness Here’s ...

The syndrome of this patient along with the MRI findings, CSF inflammatory features, and history of an 'ovarian cyst' raised suspicions of the presence of a type of paraneoplastic encephalitis ...

Arialys Therapeutics' precision medicine has shown preclinical potential to address the underlying cause of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (ANRE), a rare brain disorder that comes with severe ...

Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (ANRE) is a rare, potentially lethal, poorly managed, and often misdiagnosed neurological disease. ANRE is caused by pathogenic autoantibodies that bind to and ...

The role of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the pathophysiology of epilepsy and seizure generation has been established in pathological and animal models. Recent research has investigated how ...

Many individuals diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis continued to have cognitive issues — particularly with memory and language — up to 3 years after diagnosis, according to a ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have made a fundamental discovery: the NMDA receptor (NMDAR)—long studied primarily for its role in learning and memory—also plays a crucial role in ...

Background Clinical brain MRI is normal in the majority of patients with anti- N -methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis. However, extensive deep white matter damage wasrecently identifiedin ...

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 ...

Reference Schäfer J, Christensen PB, Jensen K. AMPA and NMDA receptor antibody autoimmune encephalitis preceded by ocular myasthenia gravis: a case report.

In anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, antibodies interfere with signal transmission in the brain. The receptors which the neurotransmitters glutamate and glycine bind to are internalized by the ...