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When the immune system attacks the brain: recognizing and treating a life-threatening condition featured image
When the immune system attacks the brain: recognizing and treating a life-threatening condition
Marla Broadfoot, Ph.D.
May 18, 2026

Brain inflammation — known medically as encephalitis — remains one of medicine's most dangerous neurological emergencies. In a new invited Seminar published in The Lancet, Sarosh Irani, B.M., B.Ch., D.Phil.,, a Mayo Clinic neurologist and neuroimmunologist, outlines the latest advances in recognizing and treating both infectious and autoimmune forms of this serious condition.

Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing risk of Alzheimer’s disease in families featured image
Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing risk of Alzheimer’s disease in families
Deb Balzer
November 8, 2024
Mayo Clinic Minute: Looking for clues to stop seizures featured image
Mayo Clinic Minute: Looking for clues to stop seizures
Susan Barber Lindquist
November 5, 2024
Mayo Clinic Minute: Stroke treatment featured image
Mayo Clinic Minute: Stroke treatment
Alex Osiadacz
October 24, 2024
Mayo Clinic Minute: Advanced imaging provides hope by seeing the previously unseen featured image
Mayo Clinic Minute: Advanced imaging provides hope by seeing the previously unseen
Michael Clayton
October 7, 2024
Radiopharmaceutical therapy shows favorable results for people with tough-to-treat meningioma brain tumors, Mayo Clinic study finds featured image
Radiopharmaceutical therapy shows favorable results for people with tough-to-treat meningioma brain tumors, Mayo Clinic study finds
Kelley Luckstein
October 1, 2024
Mayo Clinic Minute: Who is at risk for a brain aneurysm? featured image
Mayo Clinic Minute: Who is at risk for a brain aneurysm?
Deb Balzer
September 25, 2024
Mayo Clinic awarded federal grant to study experimental ALS drug featured image
Mayo Clinic awarded federal grant to study experimental ALS drug
Kevin Punsky
September 24, 2024
Mayo Clinic Q and A: My mom has Alzheimer’s. What does that mean for me? featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: My mom has Alzheimer’s. What does that mean for me?
Susan Barber Lindquist
September 16, 2024
More Mayo neuroscience: Brain cells ‘crosstalk’ and cancer growth; Preoperative radiotherapy survival; Rare mutation causes memory loss featured image
More Mayo neuroscience: Brain cells ‘crosstalk’ and cancer growth; Preoperative radiotherapy survival; Rare mutation causes memory loss
Lynda De Widt
September 13, 2024
Mayo Clinic Minute: What new college students should know about bacterial meningitis featured image
Mayo Clinic Minute: What new college students should know about bacterial meningitis
Alex Osiadacz
August 27, 2024
Expert alert: Surgical approaches being studied to restore function after stroke featured image
Expert alert: Surgical approaches being studied to restore function after stroke
Rhoda Madson
August 21, 2024
New graduate students poised to drive innovation featured image
New graduate students poised to drive innovation
Kate Ledger
August 19, 2024

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