A brain MRI study of chronic fatigue syndrome: Evidence of brainstem dysfunction and altered homeostasis

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1302-1312

  Barnden, Leighton R ^a,b   Crouch, Benjamin ^a   Kwiatek, Richard ^c   Burnet, Richard ^d   Mernone, Anacleto ^a   Chryssidis, Steve ^a   Scroop, Garry ^e   del Fante, Peter ^f  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f Adelaide Western General Practice Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Brainstem; CFS; Homeostasis; Interaction; MRI; Regression; Voxel based

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAINSTEM; CFS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERACTION; REGRESSION; VOXEL BASED;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BRAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SCORING SYSTEM; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855308705     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1692     Document Type: Article

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