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