gulf war illness

Abstract Background Altered red blood cell (RBC) deformability has been reported in Veterans with Gulf War Illness (GWI) who endorse exercise-induced symptom exacerbation and fatigue. However, it is unknown whether altered RBC deformability is worsened secondary to exercise. Objective To...

Differential Effects of Exercise on fMRI of the Midbrain Ascending Arousal Network Nuclei in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Gulf War Illness (GWI) in a Model of Postexertional Malaise (PEM) preprint Abstract Background: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic...

Abstract The Boston University-based Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC) is a multidisciplinary initiative developed to provide detailed understanding of brain and immune alterations that underlie Gulf War illness (GWI), the persistent multisymptom disorder associated with military service in...

Abstract Aims The Gulf War Illness programs (GWI) of the United States Department of Veteran Affairs and the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program collaborated with experts to develop Common Data Elements (CDEs) to standardize and systematically collect...

Highlights • Many Gulf War veterans have developed chronic, difficult-to-treat illnesses. • Biopsychosocial models can improve chronic illness diagnosis and treatment. • Experiential avoidance (EA) is a psychosocial mental/medical illness risk factor. • EA was associated with PTSD, depression...

Full title: Symptom attribution to a medically unexplained syndrome is associated with greater perceived severity and bothersomeness of symptoms in US military veterans Abstract Objective Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are prevalent among veteran and non-veteran populations. Current...

Full title: “Because the country, it seems though, has turned their back on me”: Experiences of institutional betrayal among veterans living with Gulf War Illness Highlights • Institutional betrayal can occur when institutions fail to protect constituents from harm. • Veterans living with Gulf...

Full title: Moderate, Intermittent Voluntary Exercise in a Model of Gulf War Illness Improves Cognitive and Mood Function with Alleviation of Activated Microglia and Astrocytes, and Enhanced Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus Highlights • Moderate, intermittent voluntary exercise improved...

Abstract Aims Since our troops had returned from the first Persian Gulf War in 1990–91, the veterans have reported chronic multisymptomatic illness widely referred to as Gulf War Illness (GWI). We aim to review the current directions of GWI pathology research in the context of chronic...

Full title: Comparison of the Functional Health Limitations of Veterans Deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan to Veterans Deployed to Desert Shield/Storm With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ABSTRACT The majority of studies to examine the levels of physical symptoms after Operation Enduring...

RETRACTED - link to post Sex-Based Differences in Plasma Autoantibodies to Central Nervous System Proteins in Gulf War Veterans versus Healthy and Symptomatic Controls (note: Dr Klimas is a co-author, and ME/cfs was used as a control but it does not appear to highlight results at first glance)...

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Open access, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0244116

Paywall, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0163725820302473 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2020.107716

https://jaxmecfs.com/2020/10/14/webinar-on-scientific-research-on-me-cfs-in-the-age-of-covid-19/

Open access, https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.14814/phy2.14564

RETRACTED - link to post Full Title: Using Plasma Autoantibodies of Central Nervous System Proteins to Distinguish Veterans with Gulf War Illness from Healthy and Symptomatic Controls Gulf War Illness the main focus of the study but they had a control group of 50 people with ME/CFS My bolding...

Full title: Innate immune signaling and sex differences contribute to neurocognitive impairment, neuroinflammation, and mitochondrial rewiring in a mouse model of Gulf War illness https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.28.271833v1

Free full text: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/9/2593/htm

Full title: Exercise alters brain activation in Gulf War Illness and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/2/2/fcaa070/5885074 The Science Times covers the story here...