PANS/PANDAS is a rough road but coming to the ASPIRE Board Meeting table and mapping out a plan for the next quarter and beyond is all four of these opening words: productive, fun, energizing,...
A million thank you’s to Steve Dupler who owns the fabulous Blue Gallery! He opened the doors to ASPIRE so we could begin work on an advocacy project. Blue Gallery is a gem of a NYC venue and...
"Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal infection or PANDAS can also be called post-streptococcal autoimmune basal ganglia encephalitis. Like other forms of...
Free Online Seminar for Educators on PANDAS/PANS is now available through the University at Buffalo Occupational Therapy and the incredible Jan Trigilio...
Connecticut Families and Patients – Attention – Participants needed for Study. See Detail below. Questions should be directed to the researchers listed below. If you would like a pdf of...
ASPIRE is proud to sponsor this educational event. Understanding Neuroimmune and Neurodevelopmental...
NY/NJ/CT PANS/PANDAS Support Meet Up group Sunday, January 12 2 PM – 4 PM Panera Bread – 377 Tarrytown Rd, White Plains, NY Questions? Contact Lisa/ PANS...
by Owen Ross, Kerri Ross, Dr. Rachel Avery Looking for a great back-to-school book to help teach your kiddo’s classmates (and even teachers) about PANS/PANDAS? It is a wonderful book...
Anti-lysoganglioside and other anti-neuronal autoantibodies in post-treatment Lyme Disease and Erythema Migrans after repeat infection
Brian A.Fallon, BarbaraStrobino, SeanReim, JulieStoner, Madeleine W.Cunningham Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, Volume 2, February 2020, 100015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2019.100015
This study examines molecular mimicry targeting neural tissue after Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) infection. Patients with Lyme disease have a greater frequency of specific anti-neuronal autoantibodies and functional neuronal activation compared to community controls without a history of Lyme disease.
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Preparing for Immunology Appointments & What Immunologists Should Know About PANS Wendy Nawara, MSW, ASPIRE Past President & Founding Board Member, interviews Maeve E. O’Connor, MD FACAAI...
Wendy Nawara, MSW, ASPIRE Past President & Founding Board Member, interviews Maeve E. O’Connor, MD FACAAI FAAAAI FACP on the Changing Views at AAP on IVIG PANS/PANDAS. Full video...