title: [Overview of acute encephalitis and encephalopathy].
abstract: Acute encephalitis/encephalopathy includes a wide variety of diseases and syndromes. Marked advances have recently been made with regard to their classification, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment. Clinical and pathologic features of acute encephalitis are determined by pathogens (mostly viruses), humoral immunity and cellular immunity, and those of acute encephalopathy by cytokine storm, metabolic disorder (mitochondrial, in particular)and excitotoxicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases; D004660:Encephalitis; D006801:Humans