October 20, 2008 – Tumor removal and immunotherapy can reverse anti-NMDA–receptor encephalitis, researchers show. Reporting in an early release published online October 11 in Lancet Neurology, ...

Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is an inflammatory disease that affects the central nervous system. It is a rare autoimmune disease that results in the body producing antibodies against the NMDA ...

These antibodies disrupt the functioning of the ligand-gated cation channels formed by the NMDAR, which result in profound psychiatric and neurologic disturbances. The psychiatric symptoms often ...

A newly diagnosed brain disease that is infecting mostly young women may be behind some misdiagnosed psychological disorders, according to some experts. Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, first ...

Background: A 34-year-old woman presented with headache, feverish sensation and anxiety, rapidly followed by homicidal ideation, aggressive agitation, seizures, hypoventilation, hyperthermia and ...

Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis was first reported to develop in female young adults with ovarian teratoma. However, another study with a larger cohort reported that more than one-third of all ...

STOCKTON, Calif. (KGO) -- A writer's inspiration can take many forms. For Joy Van, it happened while her son was hospitalized with a rare autoimmune disease. "I was sitting in the hospital with him ...

LA JOLLA, Calif., June 17, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arialys Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering new precision medicines for autoimmune neuropsychiatric diseases, today ...

A young woman's weeklong bout of "strange behavior" was caused by a rare disease in which the immune system attacks the brain, according to a new report of the woman's case. The 27-year-old woman went ...

The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) are cation channels in the brain that play important roles in the transmission of nerve impulses and neuronal plasticity. These ligand-gated channels have ...