July 6, 2010 — Researchers have identified LGI1 (leucine-rich, glioma-inactivated 1) rather than voltage-gated potassium channels as the autoantigen associated with limbic encephalitis, a finding that ...

The condition known as limbic encephalitis associated with antibodies against voltage-gated potassium channels (VGKCs) may be set for reclassification. According to a new study, such channels are not ...

The diagnosis might be easy in several cases if autoantibody testing was universally available, was accurate and cost-effective for all possible autoantibodies, and if they could always be detected in ...

SAN DIEGO — Early immunotherapy for faciobrachial dystonic seizures that precede the onset of limbic encephalitis is highly effective in preventing cognitive impairment and long-term disability, new ...

Myasthenia gravis is the archetypal example of an autoimmune disorder of the nervous system. Passive transfer experiments have conclusively demonstrated that acetylcholine receptor (AChR) ...