People with autoimmune limbic encephalitis experience memory loss associated with damage to the hippocampus. To advance ...

Encephalitis can be characterized as either primary or secondary. Whereas primary encephalitis arises when a virus or other type of agent directly infects the brain, secondary encephalitis is due to ...

The number of patients is the approximate number reported. Data on brain abnormalities are based on T 2-weighted MRI of the head with fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR). Unless otherwise ...

They may be divided into several types, for example, one type is paraneoplastic disorders caused by antibodies that are directed against intracellular antigens found in association with underlying ...

Eastern equine encephalitis is a virus that is primarily transmitted by certain mosquitoes. It was first identified in horses that died of encephalitis along the mid-Atlantic coast in 1933. EEE was ...

In 1917, at the height of the Great War, a new and mysterious disease emerged into the world, before vanishing a few years later. Although it was to prove less destructive than the 1918 influenza ...

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is so called because it was first reported from Japan and the major complication is encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). JE is the most important form of viral ...

The arrival of monsoon is often welcomed after months of scorching heat. But along with cooler weather comes a sharp rise in ...

LAGAWE, Ifugao (PIA) — The Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera along with the Provincial ...