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ReviewTranslational psychiatry2020

Cognitive impact of neuronal antibodies: encephalitis and beyond.

L L Gibson, A McKeever, E Coutinho, C Finke, T A Pollak

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Review in Translational psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. [18F]FDG brain PET and clinical symptoms in different autoantibodies of autoimmune encephalitis: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

L L GibsonDepartment of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
A McKeeverUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
E CoutinhoDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
C FinkeDepartment of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
T A PollakDepartment of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK. thomas.pollak@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6171-0810

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive dysfunction is a common feature of autoimmune encephalitis. Pathogenic neuronal surface antibodies are thought to mediate distinct profiles of cognitive impairment in both the acute and chronic phases of encephalitis. In this review, we describe the cognitive impairment associated with each antibody-mediated syndrome and, using evidence from imaging and animal studies, examine how the nature of the impairment relates to the underlying neuroimmunological and receptor-based mechanisms. Neuronal surface antibodies, particularly serum NMDA receptor antibodies, are also found outside of encephalitis although the clinical significance of this has yet to be fully determined. We discuss evidence highlighting their prevalence, and association with cognitive outcomes, in a number of common disorders including cancer and schizophrenia. We consider mechanisms, including blood-brain barrier dysfunction, which could determine the impact of these antibodies outside encephalitis and account for much of the clinical heterogeneity observed.

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EncephalitisHashimoto DiseaseAnimalsAutoantibodiesCognitionReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateAutoantibodiesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

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PMID32873782
PMCPMC7463161

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