The T cells, Lieberburg says, seem to be the culprits behind the brain inflammation.
Victims of the rare virus suffer a high fever, headaches, diarrhoea, brain inflammation, nausea and internal bleeding.
Serious long-lasting complications including nervous system disorders and blindness and - very rarely - brain inflammation are possible.
It also plans a trial in a related disease, neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease, which causes brain inflammation in newborns.
Depression is another disorder that has recently been connected with brain inflammation.
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British nursery school teacher Kate Bainbridge went into a near-vegetative state for four months starting in June 1997 after a virus caused severe brain inflammation.
The mechanism is unclear, but cooling may help reduce brain inflammation.
Using nonsteroid drugs to counter brain-tissue inflammation offers another avenue of promise.
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Brain scans can reveal inflammation and scarring, but it is not clear how early these changes might occur in the disease and whether they accurately reflect ongoing damage.
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In a very small number of cases, inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) may follow.
Doctors knew the donor had encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, when they harvested the organs.
The outbreak is of fungal meningitis, an inflammation in the brain or central nervous system.
The scientists suggested that the viruses could cause inflammation in the brain, which has been linked to dementia.
In one in 15 cases it can lead to severe complications such as pneumonia and inflammation of the brain.
We hypothesize that the plaque leads to inflammation that injures brain cells, and ultimately leads to cell death and dementia.
The trials were halted on Jan. 17 after four patients showed signs of inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
"Less than 1% develop a serious neurologic illness such as encephalitis or meningitis (inflammation of the brain or surrounding tissues), " it said.
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"Less than 1% develop a serious neurologic illness such as encephalitis or meningitis (inflammation of the brain or surrounding tissues), " the CDC said.
In one in 15 cases it can lead to severe complications, such as pneumonia and inflammation of the brain, and can be fatal.
Not surprisingly, but unfortunately, inflammation can also affect the brain, and when it does, it seems to lead to some dire consequences.
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Exercise appears to exert similar effects on brain function by boosting insulin sensitivity and fighting inflammation.
Complications can include meningitis and encephalitis - inflammation of the lining of the brain.
Patients contracted fungal meningitis -- which results in inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord -- after their spines were injected with a contaminated, preservative-free steroid called methylprednisolone acetate, health officials have said.
One study of biomarkers, for example, found that yoga influences brain chemicals by boosting serotonin levels, lowers inflammation, reduces oxidative stress and exerts a positive influence on other key elements of the human body that play a role in mental health.
It provides more evidence that what's going on in the rest of the body, from inflammation to belly fat, can have major effects on the brain, he added.
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