Sex Differences in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2020) | Viewed by 280
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The journal Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425, IF = 3.332) is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Sex Differences in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness". I think you could make an excellent contribution to this Special Issue based on your expertise.
As you know, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness are complex chronic illnesses with overlapping symptoms, including fatigue, neurocognitive dysfunctions, and immune activation, and no validated tests for definitive diagnosis. Further complicating our understanding is the strong sex differences that are present in each illness. The complex interplay between the sex steroid system and the remainder of the endocrine system, the immune system, metabolism, and the brain indicate a need for sex-specific research. For this reason, it is important to document the prevalence of sex-specific illness presentations by attempting to quantify indicators of sex differences in these illnesses and their contribution to the symptom burden in these diseases.
I believe that your involvement in this Special Issue will bring much needed attention to an important area in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness research. Please feel free to let me know if you are interested in this proposal, and I am open to any discussion about it. I look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Travis Craddock
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Gulf War Illness
- gender
- neuroimmune
- neuroendocrine
- autonomic nervous system
- metabolism
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