NMDAR = N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor; VGKC = voltage-gated potassium channel a In some patients with paraneoplastic anti-NMDAR encephalitis, the possibilities of bacterial infections, HIV ...

An Atlanta teenager and Clark Atlanta University student is getting a chance to get her life back together after a terrifying ordeal that put her in the hospital.

Ben Tarver’s night terrors were the first symptoms of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, a rare autoimmune disorder that landed him in the ICU Ben Tarver, 29, began having seizures and panic ...

but a rare form of encephalitis. This is when antibodies produced by the immune system attack the brain’s own proteins, in this case its NMDA receptors. This receptor is involved in learning and ...

a In some patients with paraneoplastic anti-NMDAR encephalitis, the possibilities ... NMDAR = N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor; VGKC = voltage-gated potassium channel Dr Lauren H.

A doctor at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta was able to diagnose her with an auto-immune condition called anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. “It basically shuts down a part of my brain and ...