Description of Research Expertise:
Neuronal autoantibodies, encephalitis, acquired neuromyotonia (Isaacs' syndrome), peripheral nerve hyperexcitability, potassium channels, the glycine receptor, the GABA-B receptor, neuromuscular disorders, stiff person syndrome.
Selected Publications:
37., Patterson K, Dalmau J, and Lancaster E.: Mechanisms of Caspr2 antibodies in autoimmune encephalitis and acquired neuromyotonia. Annals of Neurology 83 (1): 40-51,2018.
Burnor E, Yang L, Zhou H, Patterson KR, Quinn C, Reilly MM, Rossor AM, Scherer SS, Lancaster E.: Neurofascin antibodies in autoimmune, genetic and idiopathic neuropathies. Neurology 90 (1): e31-38,2018.
Lancaster E.: Paraneoplastic Disorders Continuum. 23 (6): 1653-1679,2017.
McCracken L, Zhang J, Greene M, Crivaro A, Gonzalez J, Kamoun M, Lancaster E.: Improving the antibody-based evaluation of autoimmune encephalitis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 4 (6): e404,2017.
Lancaster E.: CNS syndromes associated with autoimmunity to metabotropic receptors. Curr Opin Neurol. 30 (3): 354-360,2017.
Greene M, Lai Y, Pajcini K, Bailis W, Pear WS, and Lancaster E.: Delta/Notch-Like EGF-Related Receptor (DNER) Is Not a Notch Ligand. PLoS One. 11 (9): e0161157,2016.
Ariño H, Armangué T, Petit-Pedrol M, Sabater L, Martinez-Hernandez E, Hara M, Lancaster E, Saiz A, Dalmau J, Graus F.: Anti-LGI1-associated cognitive impairment: Presentation and long-term outcome. Neurology 87 (8): 759-65,2016.
Martinez-Hernandez M, Arino H, McKeon A, Iizuka T, Titulaer M, Simabukuro MM, Lancaster E, Petit-Pedrol M, Planaguma J, Blanco Y, Harvey RJ, Saiz A, Graus F, and Dalmau J.: Clinical and immunological investigations in 121 patients with stiff person spectrum disorder. JAMA Neurology. : 2016.
Graus Francesc, Titulaer Maarten J, Balu Ramani, Benseler Susanne, Bien Christian G, Cellucci Tania, Cortese Irene, Dale Russell C, Gelfand Jeffrey M, Geschwind Michael, Glaser Carol A, Honnorat Jerome, Höftberger Romana, Iizuka Takahiro, Irani Sarosh R, Lancaster Eric, Leypoldt Frank, Prüss Harald, Rae-Grant Alexander, Reindl Markus, Rosenfeld Myrna R, Rostásy Kevin, Saiz Albert, Venkatesan Arun, Vincent Angela, Wandinger Klaus-Peter, Waters Patrick, Dalmau Josep: A clinical approach to diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis. The Lancet. Neurology : 2016.
Lancaster Eric: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Autoimmune Encephalitis. Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) 12 (1): 1-13,2016.