ASPIRE Blog

Thank you to everyone who took a moment to celebrate the successes of the past year so our community can carry hope into 2022!            

Parthasarathy G, Gadila SKG. Neuropathogenicity of non-viable Borrelia burgdorferi ex vivo. Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 13;12(1):688. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03837-0. PMID: 35027599; PMCID: PMC8758786. “As neuroinflammation is the basis of many neurological […]

Endres, D., Pollak, T.A., Bechter, K. et al. Immunological causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder: is it time for the concept of an “autoimmune OCD” subtype?. Transl Psychiatry 12, 5 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01700-4 […]

UCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – A first-of-its-kind children’s research center in Tucson, UA Steele Children’s Research Center, is raising the profile of a largely undiagnosed illness in kids.

At the age of 8, my life, as it was, was taken in a week of sickness because of the flu. I woke up with hallucinations, severe OCD, and ADHD-like […]

BOSTON – “Our kids were super-social, playdates all the time, very independent. … They were leading this happy-go-lucky life surrounded by friends,” said Kim Panton, of Duxbury, recalling the days […]

LaRusso, M. & Abadía-Barrero, C. (2021). “These doctors don’t believe in PANS”: Confronting Uncertainty and a Collapsing Model of Medical Care. Chapter 9, pp. 197-216. In Montesi, Laura and Calestani, […]

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Please share your success stories for ASPIRE’s 2021 Triumphs Highlights! We all know PANS PANDAS is rough (understatement) but let’s take a moment to celebrate the successes from the past […]

J Huang, R Li, L Li, Y Song, L Jin. The relationship between allergic diseases and tic disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Vol 132, 2022, […]

Success!  Ben’s cookie fundraiser was incredibly successful! Ben and his family combined a fundraiser with an awareness event.  They took cookie preorders and sold cookies and beverages near their home. […]

Is It Mental Health or Medical? PANDAS/PANS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infection/Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) The Family Court was created to focus special attention on individual and […]