Increased Brain White Matter Axial Diffusivity Associated with Fatigue, Pain and Hyperalgesia in Gulf War Illness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Rayhan, Rakib U ^a   Stevens, Benson W ^a   Timbol, Christian R ^a   Adewuyi, Oluwatoyin ^a   Walitt, Brian ^b   VanMeter, John W ^a   Baraniuk, James N ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN; WAR; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; VETERANS;

EID: 84875129491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058493     Document Type: Article

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