Has the “Reptilian Brain” Gone Haywire in ME/CFS? Back to the Brainstem We Go.
Problems within the brainstem and mid-brain could be causing movement, sleep, alertness and autonomic nervous system issues in chronic fatigue syndrome
Getting at the Hurt in Chronic Pain
Stanford researchers have identified specific neurons in the amygdala which produce the unpleasantness which makes pain sensations so intolerable. They're now searching for ways to turn off those neurons and relieve the hurt for people in chronic pain. .
What “Phantom Nasal Congestion” May Tell Us About ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
Studies indicate that the nasal congestion and mid-facial pain found in the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is probably not due to inflammation or mast cell activation but instead is probably caused by small nerve fiber problems and dysautonomia.
Powerful Models Accurately Predict Response to Exercise and Treatments in ME/CFS
How close are we to understanding chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) when we can accurately predict how the greatest stressor of all – exercise – affects ME/CFS patients’ physiology? Nothing, after all, whacks a person with ME/CFS like exercise....
Could an Alzheimer’s Drug Disaster End Up Helping ME/CFS and FM?
The failure of the BACE drugs has some drug companies looking for ways to reduce neuroinflammation - which appears to be present in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgiaStudyME
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