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We included five patients with cognitive impairment who presented serum recoverin autoantibodies detected by immunoblots in our case series investigation. We also analyzed their psychopathology, clinical data, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and neuroimaging data. Five patients with cognitive impairment associated with serum recoverin antibodies exhibited profound dysfunctional learning and verbal memory. In the CSF of 40% of them, we also diagnosed axonal neurodegeneration entailing elevated tau and phosphorylated tau protein levels. Psychopathologies such as affective symptoms (restlessness, depressive mood, anxiety, complaintiveness) and formal thought disorder, such as rumination, were detected in 25\u201375% of the patients. We hypothesized a role of recoverin autoimmunity in the pineal gland involving consecutive modulation of hippocampus-based memory caused by an altered release of melatonin. We describe a novel phenotype of possible recoverin autoimmunity in patients with cognitive impairment. However, no clear diagnostic clues can be extracted because of the low diagnostic validity of the testing strategies applied. The possibility of recoverin antibody autoimmunity in the pineal gland correlating with a modulation of hippocampus-based memory should be further investigated.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci12010015","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,23]],"date-time":"2021-12-23T21:40:21Z","timestamp":1640295621000},"page":"15","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Dysfunctional Learning and Verbal Memory in Patients with Elevated Tau Protein Levels and Serum Recoverin Autoantibodies\u2014Case Series and Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Niels","family":"Hansen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075 Goettingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Claudia","family":"Bartels","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075 Goettingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kristin","family":"Rentzsch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Euroimmun Reference Laboratory, Seekamp 31, 23650 Luebeck, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Winfried","family":"St\u00f6cker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Euroimmun Reference Laboratory, Seekamp 31, 23650 Luebeck, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dirk","family":"Fitzner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of Goettingen, Robert-Koch Str. 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1186\/s40942-017-0104-9","article-title":"Autoimmune retinopathy: A Review","volume":"4","author":"Canamary","year":"2018","journal-title":"Int. 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