Autoimmune encephalitis is a new category of antibody-mediated diseases of the central nervous system. Hippocampal neurons can be used to discover and characterize these antibodies. This article provides a protocol for primary cell culture and immunostaining to determine autoantibodies in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients.
Cunquero, M., Aguilar, E., Loza-Alvarez, P., Planagumà, J. Hippocampal Neuronal Cultures to Detect and Study New Pathogenic Antibodies Involved in Autoimmune Encephalitis. J. Vis. Exp. (184), e63829, doi:10.3791/63829 (2022).