Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis

Abstract

What is anti-NMDAR encephalitis? The major role of our immune system is to recognise and get rid of infection. But sometimes some components of the immune system, called antibodies, may instead react with proteins in our own body causing an autoimmune disease. When this reaction is against proteins in the brain it is called autoimmune encephalitis. If the brain protein is the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, the condition is termed NMDA-receptor antibody encephalitis, or antiNMDAR encephalitis.