Central nervous system
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The Central nervous system (CNS) basically includes the brain and the spinal cord.[1]
Disease involvement in ME/CFS[edit | edit source]
Autopsy[edit | edit source]
ME/CFS patient autopsies have shown changes to the spinal cord.
- Sophia Mirza's autopsy showed her spine contained massive infection.
- Lynn Gilderdale had ganglionitis which is an infection of dorsal root ganglia of her spine, typical for a neurological illness.
Brain imaging[edit | edit source]
Cytokines[edit | edit source]
Cytokines, found in spinal fluid, are increasingly found to be altered in ME/CFS patients and there are several studies by Ian Lipkin and Mady Hornig with the Microbe Discovery Project. See: Cytokine (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome section)
Neuropathological findings[edit | edit source]
2017, CNS findings in chronic fatigue syndrome and a neuropathological case report
See also[edit | edit source]