Central nervous system

Source: Antranik - CNS - Spinal Cord

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Source: Antranik.org - CNS - Cross Section Spinal Cord and Vertebra

The Central nervous system (CNS) basically includes the brain and the spinal cord.

Disease involvement in ME/CFS

Autopsy

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

• Brains of People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Offer Clues About Disorder - New York Times: Well (2014)

Cytokines

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

2017, CNS findings in chronic fatigue syndrome and a neuropathological case report

See also

• Brain imaging
• Jose Montoya
• Stanford ME/CFS Initiative

central nervous system (CNS) - One of the two parts of the human nervous system, the other part being the peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord, while the peripheral nervous system consists of nerves that travel from the central nervous system into the various organs and tissues of the body.

central nervous system (CNS) - One of the two parts of the human nervous system, the other part being the peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord, while the peripheral nervous system consists of nerves that travel from the central nervous system into the various organs and tissues of the body.

cytokine any class of immunoregulatory proteins secreted by cells, especially immune cells. Cytokines are small proteins important in cell signaling that modulate the immune system. (Learn more: me-pedia.org)