Tag Archives: Gulf War Illness
Sex-based differences in plasma autoantibodies to CNS proteins in Gulf War veterans versus healthy & symptomatic controls
Sex-based differences in plasma autoantibodies to Central Nervous System proteins in Gulf War veterans versus healthy and symptomatic controls, by Mohamed B Abou-Donia, Maxine H Krengel, Elizabeth S Lapadula, Clara G Zundel, Jessica LeClair, Joseph Massaro, Emily Quinn, Lisa A … Continue reading →
Exercise modifies glutamate & other metabolic biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid from Gulf War Illness & ME/CFS
Exercise modifies glutamate and other metabolic biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid from Gulf War Illness and Myalgic encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by James N Baraniuk, Grant Kern, Vaishnavi Narayan, Amrita Cheema in PLoS ONE 16(1): e0244116, January 13, 2021 [doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244116] … Continue reading →
An analysis of 2‐day cardiopulmonary exercise testing to assess unexplained fatigue
An analysis of 2‐day cardiopulmonary exercise testing to assess unexplained fatigue, by Jacob B Lindheimer, Thomas Alexander, Wei Qian, Jacquelyn C Klein‐Adams, Gudrun Lange, Benjamin H Natelson, Dane B Cook, Helene Z Hill, Michael J Falvo in Physiological Reports, Vol 8, … Continue reading →
Machine Learning detects pattern of differences in fMRI data between CFS & Gulf War Illness
Machine Learning detects pattern of differences in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Gulf War Illness (GWI), by Destie Provenzano, Stuart D Washington, Yuan J Rao, Murray Loew and James Baraniuk in Brain Sci. … Continue reading →
Exercise alters brain activation in Gulf War Illness & ME/CFS
Exercise alters brain activation in Gulf War Illness and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Stuart D Washington, Rakib U Rayhan, Richard Garner, Destie Provenzano, Kristina Zajur, Florencia Martinez Addiego, John W VanMeter, James N Baraniuk in Brain Communications, Vol 2, … Continue reading →
Systemic hyperalgesia in females with Gulf War Illness, CFS & FM
Systemic hyperalgesia in females with Gulf War Illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, by Amber A Surian, James N Baraniuk in Scientific Reports vol 10, no. 5751 (2020) Research abstract: Pain is a diagnostic criterion for Gulf War Illness (GWI), … Continue reading →
Metabolic features of Gulf War illness [similarities & differences to CFS]
Metabolic features of Gulf War illness, by Robert K Naviaux, Jane C Naviaux, Kefeng Li, Lin Wang, Jonathan M Monk, A Taylor Bright, Hayley J Koslik, Janis B Ritchie, Beatrice A Golomb in PLoS ONE 14(7): e0219531 [Published: July 26, 2019] … Continue reading →
Brain chemistry profiles shows CFS & Gulf War Illness as unique disorders
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 →
ME/CFS & Gulf War patients exhibit increased humoral responses to the enzyme dUTPase
Research abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Gulf War Illness (GWI) are debilitating diseases with overlapping symptomology and there are currently no validated tests for definitive diagnosis of either syndrome. While there is evidence supporting the premise that some … Continue reading →



