Sussex ME Society, which cares for those affected by myalgic encephalopathy (ME) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) across Sussex, including a good number of LGBTQ+ folk, has welcomed a research publication that identifies specific brain abnormalities found in the illness.Researchers in Australia carried out a review of studies in which neuroimaging was used to investigate brain abnormalities in ME/CFS that were consistently reported.
Sixty-three published papers were included in the review that showed additional brain areas were abnormally recruited for mental tasks and abnormalities in the brain stem were observed in a significant number of the papers.