by Cort Johnson | Mar 19, 2019 | Basal Ganglia, Brainstem, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation
Jeff’s amazing craniocervical instability story indicated that a damaged brainstem can produce all the symptoms of ME/CFS/FM/POTS. He’s not the first to believe that. Michael VanElzakker, the author of the Vagus Nerve Hypothesis, has believed that for... 
by Cort Johnson | Sep 24, 2018 | Basal Ganglia, Brain, Energy Production, Homepage, Insula, Neuroinflammation
Neuroinflammation, Fatigue and Pain Lab Stop We were having a case of déjà vu as we drove around the surprisingly large campus. Getting into the NIH to see Avindra Nath had been a nightmare. It turned out that the NIH would only allow the big van through one access... 
by Cort Johnson | Apr 6, 2016 | Basal Ganglia, Brain, Homepage, Immune, Neuroinflammation, Research
We know that hepatitis C patients receiving a strong pro-inflammatory drug (IFN-a) that helps them fight off their viral infections and ME/CFS patients have very similar problems with fatigue and identical problems with their basal ganglia. That suggests that... 
by Cort Johnson | Jan 23, 2016 | Basal Ganglia, Brain, Cognition, Exercise, Research
Walking can be a real problem for people with ME/CFS but when researchers asked them to walk and think at the same time the problems really started to show up. Find out what happened in (and take the poll – how is your walking going?) in Walking and Thinking... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 29, 2015 | Basal Ganglia, Brain, Homepage, Research
The Chronic Pain Connection From “hand-warmers” to ion channel blockers to magnetic field generators more and more different approaches to get at the basis of chronic pain are being tried. Now comes an entirely different approach. First, studies indicated... 
by Cort Johnson | Oct 21, 2015 | Autonomic Nervous System, Basal Ganglia, Brain, Cannabis, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Research
Missing that runner’s high? (Any high at all?) Your living circumstances or the losses you have endured may not be to blame. The loss of those good feelings may not be due to depression. Physiology could be behind all of them. “Highs” or good...
