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- Review of the quality control checks performed by current genome-wide & targeted-genome association studies on ME/CFS
- Systematic review of the epidemiological burden of ME/CFS across Europe: current evidence & EUROMENE research recommendations for epidemiology
- Heart rate thresholds to limit activity in ME/CFS patients (pacing): comparison of heart rate formulae
- The feasibility & acceptability of an early intervention in primary care to prevent CFS in adults
- Patients’ experiences and effects of non-pharmacological treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome – a scoping mixed methods review
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Tag Archives: MRI
Brain abnormalities in ME/CFS
Brain abnormalities in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: Evaluation by diffusional kurtosis imaging and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging, by Kimura Y, Sato N, Ota M, Shigemoto Y, Morimoto E, Enokizono M, Matsuda H, Shin I, Amano K, Ono H, Sato W, Yamamura T in Journal … Continue reading
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Tagged brain dysfunction, brain inflammation, Diffusional kurtosis imaging, DKI, MRI, N Sato, NODDI, T Yamamura, Y Kimura, Yasuyoshi Watanabe
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Structural brain changes versus self-report: machine-learning classification of CFS patients
Research abstract: Structural brain changes versus self-report: machine-learning classification of CFS patients, by Landrew S Sevel, Jeff Boissoneault, Janelle E Letzen, Michael E Robinson, Roland Staud in Exp Brain Res (2018):1-9 [Published Online: 30 May 2018] Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disorder associated with fatigue, pain, and … Continue reading
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Tagged grey matter, Janelle Letzen, Jeff Boissoneault, Lawrence S Sevel, machine language, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Michael E Robinson, MRI, Roland Staud
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Cerebral blood flow & heart rate variability predict fatigue severity in patients with CFS
Research abstract: Cerebral blood flow and heart rate variability predict fatigue severity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Jeff Boissoneault, Janelle Letzen, Michael Robinson, & Roland Staud in Brain Imaging Behav. 2018 May 31 [Epub ahead of print] Prolonged, … Continue reading
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Tagged arterial spin labeling, cerebral blood flow, Heart rate variability, Janelle Letzen, Jeff Boissoneault, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Michael E Robinson, MRI, Roland Staud
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Brain imaging study crowdfunding request – Dr Michael VanElzakker
Massachusetts General Hospital press release, 11 November 2017: Support research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) Goal: USD $29,900 / £22,854 About the Campaign: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) represents a challenging intersection of immunology, neurology, endocrinology, and other fields. Investigating such … Continue reading
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Tagged crowdfunding, Dr Michael VanElzakker, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, ME brain, MRI, Neuroinflammation
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Dr VanElzakker’s ME research using PET, MRI and Tesla-7 scans
MEAction blog post, by Jaime S, 12Dec 2016: Dr VanElzakker: two new ME/CFS studies at Harvard #MEAction recently interviewed Dr. Michael VanElzakker regarding two, new studies on ME/CFS. The first aims to discover evidence of increased activity where the sensory … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Michael VanElzakker, Harvard Medical School, Jaime S, MEAction, MRI, PET scan, sensory vagus nerve, Tesla-7 scan
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MRI of hearts of women with CFS found lower left ventricular function
Research abstract: Objective: In chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), only a few imaging and histopathological studies have previously assessed either cardiac dimensions/function or myocardial tissue, suggesting smaller left ventricular (LV) dimensions, LV wall motion abnormalities and occasionally viral persistence that may … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardiovascular magnetic resonance, Left ventricular function, MRI, myocardial damage, RCW Vermeulen
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Six year study of abnormal brain changes in ME/CFS
ME Australia blog post, by Sasha Nimmo, 12 July 2016: Six year study of abnormal brain changes in chronic fatigue syndrome patients An Australian six year study evaluating progressive brain changes associated with chronic fatigue syndrome (Fukuda and Canadian Consensus … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, brain dysfunction, Dr Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, Sasha Nimmo, white matter
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Cardiac abnormality and low blood volume confirmed in CFS
Research abstract: Objectives: To explore potential mechanisms that underpin the cardiac abnormalities seen in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) using non-invasive cardiac impedance, red cell mass and plasma volume measurements. Methods Crdiac MR (MR) examinations were performed using 3 T Philips Intera … Continue reading
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Tagged blood tests, blood volume, cardiac dysfunction, MRI, Prof Julia Newton, small heart
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