A Texas college student spent months suffering from unexplained seizures and psychosis before UTHealth Houston doctors determined she had a rare condition.

In February 2025, Ryan Alto, a 48-year-old from California, developed what seemed like a routine flu. He had a headache, body aches, and general fatigue, but within hours of driving himself to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cognitive recovery was greatest within the first 6 months of diagnosis, persisting up to 36 months. After the 36 ...

My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn’t been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating well), and ...

It remains difficult to distinguish anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis from a primary psychiatric disorder, but recent studies have identified clinical features and proposed screening criteria that could ...

Dear J.M.: Encephalitis means inflammation of the brain, which is a rare condition. It can be caused by infections ...

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, ...