AE	autoimmune encephalitis
AK5	adenylate kinase 5
AMPAR	α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor
BBB	blood-brain barrier
BG	basal ganglia
CASPR2	contactin-associated protein-like 2
CJD	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
CNS	central nervous system
CRMP5	collapsin response-mediator protein-5
CSF	cerebrospinal fluid
DPPX/DPP6	dipeptidyl peptidase-like protein 6
EEG	electroencephalography
FDG-PET	fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography
FLAIR	fluid-attenuated inversion recovery
GABA-BR	γ-aminobutyric acid B receptor
GAD	glutamic acid decarboxylase
GlyR	glycine receptor
HIV	human immunodeficiency virus
HSV	herpes simplex virus
HHV6	human herpesvirus 6
ICI	immune checkpoint inhibitor
IL	interleukin
INF-γ	interferon-γ
LE	limbic encephalitis
LGI1	leucine-rich, glioma inactivated 1
mGluR5	metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
NK	natural killer
NMDAR	N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor
OCB	oligoclonal band
PNS	paraneoplastic syndrome
SLE	systemic lupus erythematosus
SOX1	sex-determining region Y (SRY)-box 1
SPS	stiff-person syndrome
VZV	varicella zoster virus