Neuroinflammatory Disorders: New Insights and Future Directions
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: movement disorders; phenotype-genotype correlations; biomarkers; neuroinflammation; neuroimmunology; multiple sclerosis
Interests: multiple sclerosis; cognitive disorders in multiple sclerosis; dementia; mild cognitive impairment; Alzheimer disease; neurocognitive disorders
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Neuroinflammatory disorders are a major concern for clinicians and particularly neurologists, as they are, in most cases, treatable diseases. Various neurological and/or psychiatric symptoms of subacute onset with or without systemic symptoms are proven to be of neuroimmunological origin, with a steadily expanding spectrum of antibodies related to immune-mediated disorders.
This Special Issue will cover, but is not restricted to, topics such as multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, myelitis, autoimmune encephalitis, immune-mediated movement disorders, vaccine-related neurological manifestations, and inflammatory polyneuropathies. Our understanding of the mechanisms, pathophysiology, and therapeutic potential of these diseases is steadily increasing. A particularly interesting development is the evolution of diagnostic and treatment guidelines for conditions such as autoimmune encephalitis, which take into account the phenotypes of acute, short-term, and long-term sequelae. Moreover, interest in inflammatory sequelae of viral illnesses, such as SARS-CoV-2, has significantly increased, especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recognition of the role of the Epstein–Barr virus in the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis.
This Special Issue, entitled “Neuroinflammatory Disorders: New Insights and Future Directions”, focuses on the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, including newly described clinical phenotypes, diagnostic biomarkers, and therapeutic management of inflammatory disorders that affect the central and peripheral nervous system. We will accept the submission of all types of articles (original research, reviews, communications, etc.) to this Special Issue.
Dr. Stefania Kalampokini
Dr. Effrosyni Koutsouraki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multiple sclerosis
- neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders
- autoimmune encephalitis
- myelitis
- immune-mediated movement disorders
- inflammatory polyneuropathies
- vaccine-related
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