A charity has called for greater awareness of the signs of brain inflammation, after a 12-year-old girl took her own life ...

Using a state-of-the-art method, researchers have succeeded for the first time at unraveling the effects of autoimmune antibodies, that are directed against the brain, in detail at the atomic level.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The patient received a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (MG), then underwent a medical odyssey as physicians attempted to pin down the cause of his neurological symptoms. Myasthenia gravis (MG) and ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often debilitating autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS).

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 ...

The severity of the condition often requires intensive care for prolonged periods, and relapses may occur with greater or lesser frequency depending upon the specific condition. However, early and ...