Structural Hippocampal Damage Following Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 727-734

  Finke, Carsten ^a,b   Kopp, Ute A ^a   Pajkert, Anna ^a   Behrens, Janina R ^a   Leypoldt, Frank ^c   Wuerfel, Jens T ^a,d,e,f   Ploner, Christoph J ^a   Prüss, Harald ^a,g   Paul, Friedemann ^a,e,f  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e Experimental and Clinical Research Center   (Germany)

^f MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^g GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune encephalitis; Hippocampus; Memory; MRI; NMDA; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VERBAL MEMORY; VOLUMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPATIAL MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPATIAL MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926444026     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.02.024     Document Type: Article

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