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Autoimmunity against dopamine receptors in neuropsychiatric and movement disorders: a review of Sydenham chorea and beyond.

M. W. Cunningham and C. J. Cox Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA *

This review article by Dr. Madeleine Cunningham describes the process by which autoantibodies signal human neuronal cells and activate calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in patients suffering from an infection mediated autoimmune disease process with psychiatric symptoms.

Download Dr. Madeleine Cunningham review article on Autoimmunity against dopamine receptors in neuropsychiatric and movement disorders

* Cunningham, M. W. and Cox, C. J. (2016), Autoimmunity against dopamine receptors in neuropsychiatric and movement disorders: a review of Sydenham chorea and beyond. Acta Physiol, 216: 90–100. doi:10.1111/apha.12614


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