Neuroimmune Foundation

10/15/2026

10/12/2026

New-Onset OCD and Juvenile Enthesitis-Related Arthritis after COVID-19 (Three Cases) was published in a Special Issue of Developmental Neuroscience based on the Inflammatory Brain Disorders Conference.

“Abstract: Infections may result in systemic immune activation leading to inflammation. Thus, when patients have an acute neuropsychiatric deterioration (hypothesized to have been triggered by an infection), the situation may warrant evaluation for inflammation in other more accessible sites (e.g., joints). Use of this evidence of inflammation (as a sign of immune activation) is helpful since it is difficult to assess for brain inflammation, as clinical brain imaging has poor sensitivity for inflammation and biopsy of the striatum (and other areas involved in OCD) is difficult and limited by risk. In our cases, early joint imaging not only helped confirm signs of systemic inflammation in the setting of neuropsychiatric symptoms, but it also allowed for earlier initiation of immunomodulatory treatment.”

Access the full article here: https://karger.com/dne/article/47/4/303/925132/New-Onset-OCD-and-Juvenile-Enthesitis-Related

10/12/2026

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10/11/2026

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10/10/2026

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