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by blennon 12y ago
There are some opinions expressed in the comments here that are not consistent with a consensus report recently published by the Institute of Medicine [1]. The committee argues that, "ME/CFS is a serious, chronic, complex, multisy
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by blennon 12y ago
Martin Pall hypothesizes that sauna therapy increases the availability of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) through multiple mechanisms [1]. A small study with people with chronic fatigue syndrome provides evidence to confirm this [2] (I don't
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by blennon 12y ago
This is not entirely correct. There is a lot of evidence that action potentials backpropagate into the dendrites [1]. On a local level, this allows synapses on the dendrites to "be aware" of the activity of the post-synaptic neuro
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by blennon 12y ago
Something that can partially implement the function of the cerebellum.
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by blennon 12y ago
It's unclear whether the circuitry of the cerebral cortex has the ability to implement the function of the cerebellum (whatever that may be, which we don't really understand). I think we're a long ways off from answering that
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by blennon 12y ago
My PhD adviser and I have had that debate a number of times. For the congenital case, we can't say one way or the other. But in the acute case, where there are localized lesions to the parts of the cerebellum thought to be involved in
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by blennon 12y ago
This condition is known as cerebellar agenesis. A review of many of the case studies was done by a prominent cerebellum researcher [1]. Typically the individuals that survive past birth live relatively normal lives but with impaired motor s