After decades of evolution, measuring instruments for quantitative gait analysis have
become an important clinical tool for assessing pathologies manifested by gait …

Chorea is one of the major types of involuntary movement disorders originating from
dysfunctional neuronal networks interconnecting the basal ganglia and frontal cortical motor …

Recent reports of autoantibodies that bind to neuronal surface receptors or synaptic proteins
have defined treatable forms of autoimmune encephalitis. Despite these developments …

BACKGROUND: The repetitive behaviors seen in autism phenotypically resemble those
seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette Syndrome (TS), disorders in …

A major challenge in systems neuroscience is to perform precise molecular genetic
analyses of a single neuronal population in the context of the complex mammalian brain …

In 1916, von Economo first described encephalitis lethargica (EL), a CNS disorder
presenting with pharyngitis followed by sleep disorder, basal ganglia signs (particularly …

Group A streptococcal (GAS) infections and autoimmunity are associated with the onset of a
spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders in children, with the prototypical disorder being …

Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is a newly characterized syndrome with a progressive, predictable
clinical course and the possibility of effective treatment. Accurate and timely diagnosis is …

Infections, and the resulting immune response to these infections, have recently received
increased recognition as pathogenic mechanisms for neuropsychiatric disorders …

We applied PET scanning with 11C-[R]-PK11195 (PK) to evaluate neuroinflammatory
changes in basal ganglia and thalamus in children with clinically diagnosed pediatric …