Recent advance in research on sleep disorders associated with autoimmune encephalitis / 中华神经科杂志

ABSTRACT

Sleep disorders are common diseases of nervous system, while sleep disorders in autoimmune encephalitis have received little attention. Sleep involves in the complex function of nerve centers and brain networks. Some autoimmune encephalitis with specific antibodies has sleep disorders as the core symptoms, or sleep patterns change as disease evolution. Sleep disorders often occur in autoimmune encephalitis and usually persist beyond the acute stage of disease,which seriously affect the recovery and life quality of patients. The study of sleep disorders in autoimmune encephalitis is rarely recognized and studied. The characteristics and possible mechanisms of sleep disorders in autoimmune encephalitis were reviewed here to improve the recognition and attention of clinicians.