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The impact of a Structured Exercise Programme upon cognitive function in CFS patients
The impact of a structured exercise programme upon cognitive function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients, by Paweł Zalewski, Sławomir Kujawski, Malwina Tudorowska, Karl Morten, Małgorzata Tafil-Klawe, Jacek J. Klawe, James Strong, Fernando Estevez-Lopez, Modra Murovska, Julia L. Newton and the … Continue reading
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Tagged brain, brain fog, cognitive dysfunction, computerised battery test, Dr Karl Morten, EUROMENE, European Network on ME/CFS, exercise programmes, Fernando Estevez-Lopez, Jacek J Klawe, James Strong, Malwina Tudorowska, Małgorzata Tafil-Klawe, Modra Murovskag, Pawel Zalewski, Prof Julia Newton, SEP, Sławomir Kujawski, structured exercise programme
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Impairments in cognitive performance in CFS are common, not related to co-morbid depression but do associate with autonomic dysfunction
Impairments in cognitive performance in chronic fatigue syndrome are common, not related to co-morbid depression but do associate with autonomic dysfunction, by Lucy J Robinson, Peter Gallagher, Stuart Watson, Ruth Pearce, Andreas Finkelmeyer, Laura Maclachlan, Julia L Newton in PLoS … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive dysfunction, depression, Heart rate variability, Laura Maclachlan, Lucy J Robinson, Peter Gallagher, Prof Andreas Finkelmeyer, Prof Julia Newton, Ruth Pearce, Stuart Watson
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A unifying theory for cognitive abnormalities in functional neurological disorders, FM & CFS
A unifying theory for cognitive abnormalities in functional neurological disorders, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome: Systematic review; by Tiago Teodoro, Mark J Edwards, Jeremy D Isaacs in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2018 [Preprint: May 7, 2018] Review abstract: … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive dysfunction, Dr Mark Edwards, Fibromyalgia, FM, Functional cognitive disorder, Jeremy D Isaacs, Tiago Teodoro
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Cortical connectivity in CFS and neurocognitive impairment
Research abstract: Small-world network analysis of cortical connectivity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome using quantitative EEG, by Mark A Zinn, Marcie L Zinn, Leonard A Jason in NeuroRegulation, 4(3–4), 125–137, Dec 2017 The aim of this study was to explore the … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive dysfunction, cortical connectivity, electroencephalogram, electromagnetic tomography, eLORETA, Marcie Zinn, Mark A Zinn, neurocognitive impairment, Prof Leonard Jason, QEEG brain mapping
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Prevalence of & risk factors for severe cognitive & sleep symptoms in ME/CFS & MS
Research abstract: Prevalence of and risk factors for severe cognitive and sleep symptoms in ME/CFS and MS, by Jain V, Arunkumar A, Kingdon C, Lacerda E, Nacul L in BMC Neurol. 2017 Jun 20;17(1):117 Background: There are considerable phenotypic and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amit Arunkumar, Caroline C Kingdon, cognitive dysfunction, Dr Luis Nacul, Eliana M Lacerda, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, sleep disturbance, Vageesh Jain
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Neural consequences of PEM in ME/CFS
Research abstract: Highlights: Acute exercise affects symptoms, cognitive performance and brain function in ME/CFS. Symptom provocation by exercise is a useful model to study post-exertion malaise. Objective neurophysiological evidence of the phenomenon of post-exertion malaise. Post exertion malaise is one … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan R Light, brain dysfunction, cognitive dysfunction, Dr Dane B Cook, Dr Suzanne Vernon, fMRI, Kathleen C Light, PEM, Post-exertional malaise
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Mild cognitive impairment found to worsen driving skills
New research is showing that even mild cognitive impairments, short of dementia, have the potential to affect driving skills. CBC news blog post, 28 July 2016: Driving and dementia: A delicate balance How to assess the driving fitness of people … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive dysfunction, driving, MCI, mild cognitive impairments
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Long-Term Consequences of Cryptosporidium and Giardia Gastroenteritis
Research abstract: Cryptosporidium and Giardia are protozoan intestinal parasites which may present as asymptomatic infections in humans or cause severe and prolonged diarrhea. Studies over the last two decades show an association between these two pathogens, and various sequelae after … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, Cryptosporidium, Giardia infection
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CFS following low-level radiation exposure
2 articles about the effects of low-level radiation are on the National CFIDS Foundation website at Health of Liquidators (Clean-up Workers) 20 Years after the Chernobyl explosion Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is one of the most important consequences of radioecological disaster resulting … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive dysfunction, National CFIDS Foundation, radiation, radioecological disaster
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Cognition and ME/CFS
Health Rising’s Cognition Resource hub contains 3 new papers with useful information about cognitive problems in ME. Cognition and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Key Findings and Seminal Papers- The what, where and why of the thinking problems found in ME/CFS, by … Continue reading
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Tagged cognition, cognitive dysfunction, Cort Johnson, Dr Charles Lapp, Health rising
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