The feedback loop between the heart and brain via the vagus nerve is messed up in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) resulting in reduced blood flow to the brain under physical and mental stress.
Tell me about it!
To: Seizethecarp
I suddenly feel sleepy ... I’ll read this later ....
2 posted on
12/30/2012 7:20:33 AM PST by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: Seizethecarp
“The precise nature and extent of the involvement of the (autonomic nervous system) in CFS is not yet determined, however, increasing evidence suggests chronic sympathetic hyper-arousal [increased resting HR and reduced HRV] in patients with CFS that persists even during sleep.”
Hold-outs for the “its all in the mind” (big fakers, big whiners) theory of ME/CFS will be hard-pressed to explain how “chronic sympathetic hyper-arousal...persists even during sleep,” but old prejudices die hard for some.
3 posted on
12/30/2012 7:23:33 AM PST by
Seizethecarp
(Defend aircraft from "runway kill zone" mini-drone helicopter swarm attacks: www.runwaykillzone.com)
To: Seizethecarp; SkyDancer
It took a whole study with some long, stupid name to tell that people who can’t sleep have slower reaction times?
That’s why I wouldn’t feel safe driving until my parathyroid surgery.
Maybe the government should give me millions of dollars to find out why Liberals are so stupid...
You believe this crap, Jane?
4 posted on
12/30/2012 7:28:25 AM PST by
wastedyears
(My life mostly completely turned around in a few weeks. Now to leave NY...)
To: Seizethecarp
May explain why Vagal Nerve Stimulators
are potentially useful in refractory depression
To: Seizethecarp
Too small a study to be useful
To: Seizethecarp; All
huh...oh, no REM sleep...figures.
11 posted on
12/30/2012 7:56:04 AM PST by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income,tax it all away..0'Bozo man can :-)
To: Seizethecarp
“Patients with CFS showed no deficits in performance accuracy, but were significantly slower than healthy controls. CFS was further characterized by low and unresponsive HRV; greater heart rate (HR) reactivity and prolonged HR-recovery after cognitive challenge. Fatigue levels, perceived effort and distress did not affect cognitive performance. HRV was consistently associated with performance indices and significantly predicted variance in cognitive outcomes”
http://www.moviesoundclips.net/download.php?id=2852&ft=wav
12 posted on
12/30/2012 8:01:36 AM PST by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Monkey Face
13 posted on
12/30/2012 8:01:47 AM PST by
null and void
(Socialism: Equal parts dumb and evil, in a blender.)
To: Excellence
15 posted on
12/30/2012 8:11:07 AM PST by
Excellence
(9/11 was an act of faith.)
To: Seizethecarp
Is this report available in English?
31 posted on
12/30/2012 11:41:20 AM PST by
tbpiper
To: Seizethecarp
Is this report available in English?
32 posted on
12/30/2012 11:41:34 AM PST by
tbpiper
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