Autoimmune Neurology

The case for autoimmune neurology

This year, at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, the inaugural session of the “Autoimmune Neurology” section was held. Attendance and enthusiasm were high. The term “Autoimmune Neurology” is currently used to describe the emerging field that encompasses “immune-inflammatory” diseases of the nervous system other than MS. Autoimmune Neurology has emerged over the past 15 yea...

Neurology

tion has a function to fulfill; each phenomenon therefore has a significance. This does not mean that it has a purpose; it was not made as a "part of an intelligent design". Barcroft's book not only makes delightful reading but it is also distinctly useful. In order to understand the bodily functions it is important to memorize the facts of physiology, but this task is made easier if the facts ...

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Neurology

Could pathogenic autoantibodies in autoimmune encephalitis cross-link neurology and psychiatry?

The fields of neurology and psychiatry had a common origin in the 19th century, but have since drifted apart. Based on the division of ‘brain vs. mind’, diseases of the first fall within the neurological domain and disturbances of the latter are considered psychiatric. The recently emerging spectrum of autoimmune encephalitides spanning both now give a possible reason to review this divide. Aut...