Jarred Younger

Doctor Jarred Younger is an American researcher who leads the Neuroinflammation, Pain & Fatigue lab at the University of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. He previously worked at Stanford University with Jose Montoya, where he was an Assistant Professor and was involved in a notable study on leptin levels and ME/CFS.

He is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense to study new techniques for diagnosing and treating neuroinflammation. In particular his work focusses on the role of microglia

Notable studies

 * 2013, "Fibromyalgia Symptoms Are Reduced by Low-Dose Naltrexone: A Pilot Study"
 * 2013, "Daily cytokine fluctuations, driven by leptin, are associated with fatigue severity in chronic fatigue syndrome: Evidence of inflammatory pathology,"
 * 2010, "Low-dose naltrexone for the treatment of fibromyalgia: findings of a small, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, counterbalanced, crossover trial assessing daily pain levels."

Talks & interviews

 * 2016, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Can We Find Answers in the Brain? - Solve CFS Webinar
 * 2016, Good news from NIH, and what we need to do going forward
 * 2016, Q&A with Dr. Younger: What is Fibromyalgia & What is ME/CFS - Part II
 * 2016, Testing nine potential treatments for Gulf War Illness pain and fatigue
 * 2016, Do you have a hot brain?
 * 2016, What is neuroinflammation?
 * 2016, Dr. Jarred Younger: Cutting Edge Research on CFS, Neuroinflammation, Pain, and Fatigue
 * 2016, Q&A with Dr. Younger: What is Fibromyalgia & What is ME/CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)?
 * 2015, Dr Jarred Younger - LDN Scientist - Low Dose Naltrexone
 * 2015, Pandora Research Report: Jarred Younger - Leptin in the Role of Neuroinflammation, Pain and Fatigue (see Leptin)
 * 2015, Jarred Younger, Ph.D. - Microglial Modulation in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia
 * 2015, [[Spoonie Radio] Ep 15: Jarred Younger] (see also Courtney Craig)
 * 2014, Episode 68: Jarred Younger Interviewed by Deborah Waroff (ME/CFS Alerts on YouTube)
 * 2011, Chronic Pain in Women

Online presence

 * Publications on the PubMed register - Jarred Younger
 * UAB Departmental Website
 * Biography at UAB
 * Facebook page
 * YouTube - Younger Lab

Learn more

 * 2016, Younger Lab YouTube Channel
 * 2016, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Research Center Makes Good (Cort Johnson)
 * 2015, The Neuroinflammation Man: Jarred Younger on Inflammation, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Cort Johnson)
 * 2015, New Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Lab Opens: Jarred Younger Talks (Cort Johnson)