Interesting review of research on the impact of inflammation on the dopamine system as well as a theoretical model and computational method trying to connect it all.
Could be a hypothesis as to why Abilify and dopaminergic agents have some partial efficacy in ME, even if it is temporary (so...
The existence of lipid droplets in cells is nothing new. But it now seems they could have more functions than previously thought: they may play key roles in innate immune response and in regulating cell metabolism.
The only search result I got for 'lipid droplets + ME?CFS' is this 2017...
Saw this, thought of us. I'm not up to reading the paper (abstract and link below), so haven't assessed its quality, but the article in neuroscience news is interesting. Perhaps this sort of phenomenon might help to explain why an ME brain is particularly prone to falling over with too much...
https://www.facebook.com/CornellMECFSCenter/posts/1052010814990357
Final slide
https://neuroimmune.cornell.edu/videos/NIH_ME-CFS_April2019_AlexMandarano.mp4
ETA: If you can't get the video to play, check what browser you are using. For some reason, this video won't play in Chrome, but will...
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