Tag Archives: cerebrospinal fluid

COVID-19 & CFS: is the worst yet to come?

Posted on 01/07/2021 by wames

COVID-19 and chronic fatigue syndrome: Is the worst yet to come? by Peter Wostyn in Med Hypotheses 2021 Jan 2 [doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110469]   Article abstract: There has been concern about possible long-term sequelae resembling myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in COVID-19 patients. … Continue reading →

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Informatics inference of exercise-induced modulation of brain pathways based on cerebrospinal fluid micro-RNAs in ME/CFS

Posted on 12/15/2020 by wames

Informatics inference of exercise-induced modulation of brain pathways based on cerebrospinal fluid Micro-RNAs in ME/CFS, by Vaishnavi Narayan, Narayan Shivapurkar and James N. Baraniuk in Netw Syst Med. 2020; 3(1): 142–158;  November 2020 [doi: 10.1089/nsm.2019.0009]   Research abstract: Introduction: The … Continue reading →

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Autoantibodies to Beta-Adrenergic & muscarinic cholinergic receptors in ME patients – a validation study in plasma & cerebrospinal fluid from two Swedish cohorts

Posted on 08/05/2020 by wames

Autoantibodies to Beta-Adrenergic and Muscarinic cholinergic receptors in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) patients – a validation study in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid from two Swedish cohorts, by Annie Bynke, Per Julin, Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Harald Heidecke, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Jonas Bergquist in Brain, … Continue reading →

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Brain chemistry profiles shows CFS & Gulf War Illness as unique disorders

Posted on 11/13/2017 by wames

Georgetown Medical Centre Press Release, 10 November 2017: Brain Chemistry Profiles Shows Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness as Unique Disorders Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found distinct molecular signatures in two brain disorders long thought to … Continue reading →

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Is “bad energy” core problem in FM & ME/CFS?

Posted on 06/08/2017 by wames

Health rising blogpost, by Cort Johnson, 31 May 2017: Study Suggests “Bad Energy” is Core Problem in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Lactate has become a big deal in both chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM).  A by-product … Continue reading →

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Peterson’s atypical subset opens new view of ME/CFS

Posted on 04/10/2017 by wames

Simmaron research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 5 April 2017: Peterson’s Atypical Subset Opens New View of ME/CFS in Columbia/Simmaron Publication “We now have biological evidence that the triggers for ME/CFS may involve distinct pathways to disease, or, in some … Continue reading →

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Neurobiological & spinal fluid abnormalities in CFS are not influenced by psychiatric status

Posted on 03/24/2017 by wames

Research highlights: Patients have higher brain ventricular lactate, more abnormal spinal fluids, lower brain GSH, and reduced cerebral blood flow than controls Psychiatric comorbidity does not influence any of these potential biological markers of CFS 50% of the patients had … Continue reading →

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Immune activation in the central nervous system of ME/CFS found by cytokine network analysis of cerebrospinal fluid

Posted on 01/26/2016 by wames

Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is an unexplained debilitating disorder that is frequently associated with cognitive and motor dysfunction. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid from 32 cases, 40 subjects with multiple sclerosis and 19 normal subjects frequency-matched for age and … Continue reading →

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Central nervous system clues found for cognitive dysfunction in CFS

Posted on 03/31/2015 by wames

Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is an unexplained debilitating disorder that is frequently associated with cognitive and motor dysfunction. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid from 32 cases, 40 subjects with multiple sclerosis and 19 normal subjects frequency-matched for age and … Continue reading →

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Reduced cytokine levels may lead to neurological problems in CFS/ME

Posted on 03/09/2015 by wames

Research abstract Objectives: Previous research has provided evidence for dysregulation in peripheral cytokines in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). To date only one study has examined cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples of CFS/ME patients. The purpose of … Continue reading →

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