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Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system and during its evolution causes various neuropsychiatric symptoms including speech and movement coordination difficulties, sudden behaviour changes and convulsions. The disease is currently studied in different institutions, such as the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). It has been identified that anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is caused by antibodies targeting a synaptic receptor to neurotransmitter and called the NMDA receptor (NMDAR). The antibody is known to reduce the number of receptors during the disease. However, the origin of the autoimmune response and the mechanism of action of the antibodies on the NMDAR are still poorly understood.<\/p>\n
In this research project I joined the study of the disease and I proposed myself two main objectives. Firstly I wanted to offer a vision of the research that is being carried out in order to study the disease. The second objective was to propose and check a hypothesis that justifies the decrease of the receptor number in the patient\u2019s brain. The hypothesis is \u201cthe binding of the antibodies to NMDAR induces its internalization and degradation in the brain of the autoimmune encephalitis patients\u201d.<\/p>\n
Basically, the project consists in two parts. The first is a theoretical part which was supported by an interview of the doctor Josep Dalmau, who described first the anti-NMDAR encephalitis. The second is the practical part in which I explain the procedure implemented to study the molecular mechanisms involved in anti-NMDAR encephalitis.<\/p>\n
Through this procedure and a high-resolution microscopy technique called STORM, we can visualize the NMDAR changes in the disease, allowing me to draw some conclusions and discuss the hypothesis.<\/p>\n
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