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    Brainstem volume changes in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID patients (Thapaliya et al, 2023)

    Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID patients have overlapping neurological, autonomic, pain, and post-exertional symptoms. We compared volumes of brainstem regions for 10 ME/CFS (CCC or ICC criteria), 8 long COVID (WHO Delphi consensus), and 10...
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    Article Scientific Findings Distinguish Between Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    Scientific Findings Distinguish Between Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Dr. Kiran Thapaliya and colleagues used an advanced form of medical imaging to spot significant abnormalities in the brainstem of patients diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis. However, no...
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    Alteration of Cortical Volume and Thickness in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Thapaliya et al, 2022)

    Authors Kiran Thapaliya, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Donald Staines, Jiasheng Su, Leighton Barnden Abstract Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients suffer from neurocognitive impairment. In this study, we investigated cortical volumetric and thickness changes in...
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    Volumetric differences in hippocampal subfields and associations with clinical measures in ME/CFS (Thapaliya et al., 2022)

    Volumetric differences in hippocampal subfields and associations with clinical measures in ME/CFS (Thapaliya et al., 2022) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jnr.25048 From the team of Dr. Kiran Thapaliya, Leighton Barnden, Donald Staines, and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik. The...
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    ICC vs. Fukuda: Diffusion tensor imaging results differ based on diagnostic criteria (Thapaliya et al., 2021)

    Diffusion tensor imaging reveals neuronal microstructural changes in ME/CFS (Thapaliya et al., 2021) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.15413 From Dr. Kiran Thapaliya and Leighton Barnden, along with Donald Staines and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik. What is Diffusion Tensor Imaging...
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    A systematic review of neurological impairments in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome using neuroimaging techniques

    This is a pretty well done and thorough review paper, makes for a good reference to find papers you might've read long ago on particular neuroimaging studies of ME. While most, if not all, the neuroimaging studies in ME had fairly small sample sizes (due to abysmal ME funding!) and most used...