Schizophrenia and influenza at the centenary of the 1918-1919 Spanish influenza pandemic: mechanisms of psychosis risk

AP Kępińska, CO Iyegbe, AC Vernon, R Yolken… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Associations between influenza infection and psychosis have been reported since the
eighteenth century, with acute “psychoses of influenza” documented during multiple …

Immunological causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder: is it time for the concept of an “autoimmune OCD” subtype?

D Endres, TA Pollak, K Bechter, D Denzel… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly disabling mental illness that can be
divided into frequent primary and rarer organic secondary forms. Its association with …

Clinical, neuroimmunologic, and CSF investigations in first episode psychosis

M Guasp, E Giné-Servén, E Maudes, M Rosa-Justicia… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives To report the neuropsychiatric features and frequency of NMDA receptor
(NMDAR) and other neuronal immunoglobulin G antibodies in patients with first episode …

The B cell immunobiology that underlies CNS autoantibody-mediated diseases

B Sun, M Ramberger, KC O'Connor… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
A rapidly expanding and clinically distinct group of CNS diseases are caused by pathogenic
autoantibodies that target neuroglial surface proteins. Despite immunotherapy, patients with …

Dynamic disorganization of synaptic NMDA receptors triggered by autoantibodies from psychotic patients

J Jézéquel, EM Johansson, JP Dupuis… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The identification of circulating autoantibodies against neuronal receptors in
neuropsychiatric disorders has fostered new conceptual and clinical frameworks. However …

Super-resolving microscopy in neuroscience

C Werner, M Sauer, C Geis - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence imaging techniques play a pivotal role in our understanding of the nervous
system. The emergence of various super-resolution microscopy methods and specialized …

Cerebrospinal fluid, antineuronal autoantibody, EEG, and MRI findings from 992 patients with schizophreniform and affective psychosis

D Endres, S Meixensberger, R Dersch, B Feige… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
The central role played by cerebrospinal-fluid (CSF) examinations including antineuronal
autoantibody (Ab) testing is increasingly recognized in psychiatry. The rationale of this study …

Autoimmune encephalitis as a differential diagnosis of schizophreniform psychosis: clinical symptomatology, pathophysiology, diagnostic approach, and therapeutic …

D Endres, F Leypoldt, K Bechter, A Hasan… - European archives of …, 2020 - Springer
Primary schizophreniform psychoses are thought to be caused by complex gene–
environment interactions. Secondary forms are based on a clearly identifiable organic …

Clinical manifestations and immunomodulatory treatment experiences in psychiatric patients with suspected autoimmune encephalitis: a case series of 91 patients …

D Endres, E Lüngen, A Hasan, M Kluge… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) can rarely manifest as a predominantly psychiatric syndrome
without overt neurological symptoms. This study's aim was to characterize psychiatric …

Autoantibody-associated psychiatric syndromes: a systematic literature review resulting in 145 cases

D Endres, V Maier, F Leypoldt, KP Wandinger… - Psychological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAutoimmune encephalitis (AE) is an important consideration during the
diagnostic work-up of secondary mental disorders. Indeed, isolated psychiatric syndromes …