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Neurobiology of chronic fatigue syndrome.

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Gonzalez, MB; Cousins, JC; Doraiswamy, PM
Published in: Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
July 1996

1. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by a new onset of significant fatigue for a period of six months or longer usually following an infection, injury or period of high stress. 2. The exact etiology of CFS is not known and a diagnostic test is not available. Hence, the diagnosis is made by exclusion of other explanations for the patient's symptoms and by meeting the CDC research case definitions. Early studies supported an infectious or immune dysregulation hypothesis for the pathophysiology of CFS. 3. Subsequent studies documented that neurological, affective and cognitive symptoms also occur at high rates in CFS patients. Neuropsychological, neuroendocrine studies and brain imaging have now confirmed the occurrence of neurobiological abnormalities in most patients with CFS. 4. In this article, the authors review these findings in relation to the clinical neurobiology of CFS and their potential relevance to biological psychiatry.

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Published In

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry

DOI

ISSN

0278-5846

Publication Date

July 1996

Volume

20

Issue

5

Start / End Page

749 / 759

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychiatry
  • Neurotransmitter Agents
  • Neurosecretory Systems
  • Humans
  • Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
 

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Gonzalez, M. B., Cousins, J. C., & Doraiswamy, P. M. (1996). Neurobiology of chronic fatigue syndrome. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 20(5), 749–759. https://doi.org/10.1016/0278-5846(96)00057-7
Gonzalez, M. B., J. C. Cousins, and P. M. Doraiswamy. “Neurobiology of chronic fatigue syndrome.Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 20, no. 5 (July 1996): 749–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/0278-5846(96)00057-7.
Gonzalez MB, Cousins JC, Doraiswamy PM. Neurobiology of chronic fatigue syndrome. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 1996 Jul;20(5):749–59.
Gonzalez, M. B., et al. “Neurobiology of chronic fatigue syndrome.Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, vol. 20, no. 5, July 1996, pp. 749–59. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0278-5846(96)00057-7.
Gonzalez MB, Cousins JC, Doraiswamy PM. Neurobiology of chronic fatigue syndrome. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 1996 Jul;20(5):749–759.
Journal cover image

Published In

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry

DOI

ISSN

0278-5846

Publication Date

July 1996

Volume

20

Issue

5

Start / End Page

749 / 759

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychiatry
  • Neurotransmitter Agents
  • Neurosecretory Systems
  • Humans
  • Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences