Alice Simpson, who was diagnosed in 2024, tells PEOPLE that recovery has been a “slow” process and she feels like she’s “back ...

Autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) is a blanket term for a group of diseases that involve inflammation of the brain caused by autoantibodies that target antigens on the synapses and cell surfaces of ...

Using a state-of-the-art method, researchers at DZNE and the University of Texas have succeeded for the first time at unraveling the effects of autoimmune antibodies that are directed against the ...

Antibodies made by the immune system can sometimes target human brain cells, producing psychiatric symptoms. Researchers aim ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Autoimmune encephalitis can affect any network of the brain related to sleep and result in various sleep ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early and short-term rituximab may be an option to treat patients with certain forms of autoimmune encephalitis, ...

Have you ever found yourself searching for a word you should know, forgetting what you were just doing, or feeling mentally foggy for no obvious reason? These everyday lapses are common and are most ...

BALTIMORE — The anti-interleukin-6 (IL-6) antibody drug tocilizumab shows efficacy in the treatment of patients with autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) who do not respond to rituximab, new research ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that dogs can suffer from the same type of autoimmune encephalitis that people do. The finding could lead to better screening methods for ...

They may be divided into several types, for example, one type is paraneoplastic disorders caused by antibodies that are directed against intracellular antigens found in association with underlying ...