The Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Foundation Newsletter
Posted on August 13, 2018
New-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) is a newly defined critical disease entity characterized by prolonged periods of refractory epileptic seizure with no readily identifiable cause in otherwise healthy individuals.
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Limbic encephalitis is a potentially paraneoplastic type of encephalitis mainly involving the limbic system. Recently, diagnostic criteria comprising clinical presentation as well as imaging, laboratory and electrophysiological findings have been established.
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Despite much study centered around the antibodies that cause autoimmune encephalitis, there are still many unanswered questions. One of them is exactly how the severe symptoms of this disease are produced.
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herpes epilepsy Simian Varicella Virus neurovirology postherpetic neuralgia myelopathy vasculopathy Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) neurodegenerative disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) Optic Neuritis (ON) Occult Chorioretinal (OC)…
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Purpose: Autoantibodies against NMDA receptors (NMDAR) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from anti-NMDAR encephalitis patients have been suggested to be pathogenic since in previous studies using patient CSF, NMDAR-dependent processes such as long-term potentiation (LTP) were compromised.
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