At the root of 3 “Long” diseases: persistent antigens inflicting chronic damage on the brain and other organs in gulf war illness, Long-COVID-19, and chronic fatigue …

LM James, AP Georgopoulos - Neuroscience insights, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Several foreign antigens such as those derived from viruses and bacteria have been linked
to long-term deleterious effects on the brain and other organs; yet, health outcomes …

Identification of hyper‐ramified microglia in the CA1 region of the mouse hippocampus potentially associated with stress resilience

R Fujikawa, S Jinno - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have indicated that some individuals are less affected by stress, and such
individuals are called resilient. This study aimed to determine whether the specific …

B cells and the stressed brain: emerging evidence of neuroimmune interactions in the context of psychosocial stress and major depression

E Engler-Chiurazzi - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The immune system has emerged as a key regulator of central nervous system (CNS)
function in health and in disease. Importantly, improved understanding of immune …

Clinical symptoms and psychosocial functioning in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders testing seropositive for anti-NMDAR antibodies: a case–control …

JJ Luykx, R Visscher, I Winter-van Rossum… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Antibodies against the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) have been
described in the serum of people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (schizophrenia) …

[HTML][HTML] 1H NMR-based metabolomic study of striatal injury in rats with copper-loaded Wilson's disease by Chinese and Western medicine intervention

Y Pu, J Zhang, N Peng, R Li, D Xie, R Zhang… - … of Pharmaceutical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the metabolic mechanisms of Chinese and Western medicines on
the metabolic network of striatal injury in a copper-loaded rat model of Wilson disease (WD) …

B-cell targeted therapies in autoimmune encephalitis: mechanisms, clinical applications, and therapeutic potential

H Shang, X Shen, X Yu, J Zhang, Y Jia… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) broadly refers to inflammation of the brain parenchyma
mediated by autoimmune mechanisms. In most patients with AE, autoantibodies against …

Case report: Anti-NMDAR encephalitis presenting with catatonic symptoms in an adolescent female patient with a history of traumatic exposure

A Bogdan, F Askenazy, C Richelme, M Gindt… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Catatonia is a severe syndrome associated with a high proportion of underlying
organic conditions including autoimmune encephalitis. The link between catatonia and …

Presence of anti-nuclear antibody associated with worse clinical outcomes of anti-NMDAR encephalitis

C Lei, Y Li, H Li, X Zhu, W Jiang, X Chang - Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Purpose Systemic autoantibodies are important for the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases,
but their roles in anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis are …

Status dissociatus and movement disorders in anti N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (anti NMDAR) encephalitis; diagnostic challenges ahead

R Badrfam, A Zandifar - General hospital psychiatry, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Status dissociatus and movement disorders in anti N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (anti NMDAR)
encephalitis; diagnostic challenges ahead Status dissociatus and movement disorders in anti …

[HTML][HTML] Stress as a possible trigger in anti–N-methyl-ᴅ-aspartate receptor encephalitis: a case series

SH Ahmad, A Kawoosa, T Hassan, B Sanaie - Encephalitis, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Anti-N-methyl-ᴅ-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a rare disease with a range of
neurological and psychiatric presentations. Antibodies against NMDAR receptor are …