The Brainstem, Vagus Nerve, Neuroinflammation and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The VanElzakker Way
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...
Neuroinflammation and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The VanElzakker Way
In 2013, Michael VanElzakker produced one of the most intriguing hypotheses to date in ME/CFS. His Vagus Nerve Hypothesis proposed that an infection/inflammation near the vagus nerve was causing it to send an unending stream of messages to the brain, telling it to...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Studies Link Autonomic Nervous System Problems to Brain
Dr. Barnden of the National Centre for NeuroImmnology and Emerging Diseases (NCNED) in Griffith University, Australia has been doing some fascinating brain imaging work in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Over the past six years Barnden has been publishing results...
Sensory Overload: Study Suggests Brains in Fibromyalgia Are Being Pummeled With Too Much Information
New study provides further evidence that problems with sensory gating may contribute to fibromyalgia pain and other symptoms. It’s a Jungle Out There The key to survival in the animal world is to be able to detect threats in the environment and react appropriately. ...Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) A Form of Migraine?
“This indicates a large unmet need to diagnose and treat migraine in GWI and CFS” Could chronic fatigue syndrome be a form of migraine? That might not be so wacky an idea as it sounds. About ten years ago Puri and Chaudhuri suggested chronic fatigue...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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