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 ...

“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. What’s called autoimmune encephalitis attacks the organ that makes ...

The images showed that nearly all the antibodies bind to a single domain of the receptor, providing a viable target for novel therapeutics.

Dr. Sukhvir Wright at Aston University Institute for Health and Neurodevelopment (IHN), and honorary consultant neurologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH), has been awarded a £3.4m Career ...

These everyday lapses are common and are most often a normal part of life, or a sign we might be tired or stressed. But for ...

Autoimmune encephalitis encompasses a group of inflammatory brain disorders in which the body's immune system aberrantly targets neuronal antigens. This disruption results in complex clinical ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Ever since I had my son, I tend to worry whenever he gets ill, so I try to educate myself on different viruses and autoimmune disorders. I recently came across encephalitis. What is ...

Autoimmune neurological diseases are conditions where the immune system attacks nerve cells. Damage to neuronal cells can lead to a variety of neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. Autoimmune diseases ...

Psychiatric comorbidities were the strongest independent predictors of unfavourable outcomes in autoimmune encephalitis (AE); however, severe infections reflected acute disease severity rather than ...