Tag Archives: Dr Leighton Barnden

Research: fMRI reveals differences between ME/CFS diagnostic criteria

Posted on 11/18/2022 by wames

fMRI distinguishes between two classes of ME/CFS   Australian researchers have discovered that patients diagnosed using 2 different criteria, International Consensus Criteria (ICC) and the Fukuda criteria, have different brain activity. The main difference between the 2 criteria is that … Continue reading →

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Cognitive dysfunction research: Hippocampal subfields & ME/CFS

Posted on 04/07/2022 by wames

Volumetric differences in hippocampal subfields and associations with clinical measures in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by Kiran Thapaliya, Donald Staines, Sonya Marshall- Gradisnik, Jiasheng Su, Leighton Barnden in Journal of Neuroscience Research March 31, 2022     “The hippocampus is … Continue reading →

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Research: Diffusion tensor imaging (MRI) reveals neuronal microstructural changes in ME/CFS

Posted on 08/20/2021 by wames

Diffusion tensor imaging reveals neuronal microstructural changes in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Kiran Thapaliya, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Don Staines, Leighton Barnden in European Journal of Neuroscience, August 6, 2021 [doi/10.1111/ejn.15413]   Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients suffer from … Continue reading →

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Mapping of pathological change in CFS using the ratio of T1- & T2-weighted MRI scans

Posted on 08/11/2020 by wames

Mapping of pathological change in chronic fatigue syndrome using the ratio of T1- and T2-weighted MRI scans, by Kiran Thapaliya, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Don Staines, Leighton Barnden in NeuroImage: Clinical Vol 28, 2020, 102366 [doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102366]   Research highlights We showed increased … Continue reading →

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A systematic review of neurological impairments in ME/CFS using neuroimaging techniques

Posted on 05/04/2020 by wames

A systematic review of neurological impairments in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome using neuroimaging techniques, by Rebekah Maksoud, Stanley du Preez, Natalie Eaton-Fitch, Kiran Thapaliya, Leighton Barnden, Hélène Cabanas, Donald Staines, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in PLoS One 2020 Apr 30;15(4) [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0232475.   … Continue reading →

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Intra brainstem connectivity is impaired in CFS

Posted on 10/29/2019 by wames

Intra brainstem connectivity is impaired in chronic fatigue syndrome, by Leighton R Barnden, Zack Y Shan, Donald R Staines, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Kevin Finegan, Timothy Ireland, Sandeep Bhuta, in NeuroImage: Clinical Vol 24, 2019, [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102045]   Research highlights: RAS connectivity was … Continue reading →

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Hyperintense sensorimotor T1 spin echo MRI is associated with brainstem abnormality in CFS

Posted on 08/24/2018 by wames

Hyperintense sensorimotor T1 spin echo MRI is associated with brainstem abnormality in CFS by Leighton R. Barnden, Zack Y. Shan, Donald R Staines, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Kevin Finegan, Timothy Ireland, Sandeep Bhuta, in NeuroImage: Clinical Volume 20, 2018, Pages 102-109 Research abstract: We recruited 43 Chronic … Continue reading →

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Brain function characteristics of CFS

Posted on 05/17/2018 by wames

Research abstract: Brain function characteristics of chronic fatigue syndrome: A task fMRI study, by Zack Y Shan, Kevin Finegan, Sandeep Bhutab, Timothy Ireland, Donald R Staines, Sonya M.Marshall-Gradisnik, Leighton R.Barnden in NeuroImage: Clinical Vol 19, 2018, Pages 279-286 Highlights CFS … Continue reading →

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Decreased connectivity & increased BOLD complexity in the default mode network in CFS

Posted on 11/22/2017 by wames

Research abstract: Decreased connectivity and increased BOLD complexity in the default mode network in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome, by ZY Shan, K Finegan, S Bhuta, T Ireland, DR Staines, SM Marshall-Gradisnik, LR Barnden in Brain Connect. 2017 Nov 20 … Continue reading →

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ME/CFS studies link autonomic nervous system problems to brain

Posted on 02/07/2017 by wames

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 3 Feb 2017: 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 … Continue reading →

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