Dr. Michael VanElzakker has two new studies on ME/CFS (posted on MEAction)

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http://www.meaction.net/2016/12/12/dr-vanelzakker-two-new-mecfs-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 vagus nerve enters the brainstem – a subtle effect that requires some intricate scans.[....]

The second study, still in the grant-application stage, will be a post-exercise test, using MRI to pick up the activity of different metabolites in patients’ brains. VanElzakker plans to use a 7-Tesla scanner – a very high strength scanner – in order to produce especially high-quality images; he also hopes to perform autonomic testing.

Read the rest of the article at http://www.meaction.net/2016/12/12/dr-vanelzakker-two-new-mecfs-studies-at-harvard/

 

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Just an update from Dr. VanElzakker. They have funded the imaging study, but are still raising funds for the exercise challenge study that will scan for neuroinflammation pre- and post-exercise.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1002830253327376389