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Restoring tripartite glutamatergic synapses: A potential therapy for mood and cognitive deficits in Gulf War illness

Neurobiology of Stress, 2020
Gulf War illness is associated with a combination of exposure to war-related chemical agents and traumatic stress. Currently, there are no effective treatments, and the pathophysiology remains elusive.
Xueqin Wang, Zan Xu, Fangli Zhao, Kuanhung J. Lin, Joshua B. Foster, Tianqi Xiao, Nydia Kung, Candice C. Askwith, John P. Bruno, Valentina Valentini, Kevin J. Hodgetts, Chien-liang Glenn Lin   +11 more
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Translational potential of long-term decreases in mitochondrial lipids in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness [PDF]

, 2016
Gulf War Illness (GWI) affects 25% of veterans from the 1990–1991 Gulf War (GW) and is accompanied by damage to the brain regions involved in memory processing. After twenty-five years, the chronic pathobiology of GWI is still unexplained.
Abdullah, Laila, Ait-Ghezala, Ghania, Bachmeier, Corbin, Baumann, Stephan, Crawford, Fiona, Crynen, Gogce, Emmerich, Tanja, Evans, James E., Joshi, Utsav, Klimas, Nancy, Montague, Hannah, Mouzon, Benoit, Mullan, Michael, Reed, Jon, Sullivan, Kimberly, Zakirova, Zuchra   +15 more
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Gulf War Illness-associated increases in blood levels of interleukin 6 and C-reactive protein: biomarker evidence of inflammation

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Objective Gulf War Illness is a chronic multisymptom disorder severely impacting the health and well-being of many Veterans of the 1990–1991 Gulf War. Symptoms that define the disease include pain, fatigue, mood and memory impairments, gastrointestinal ...
Tammy A. Butterick, Janeen H. Trembley, Laura L. Hocum Stone, Clemma J. Muller, Rebecca R. Rudquist, Ronald R. Bach   +5 more
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Dichotomous factor analysis of symptoms reported by UK and US veterans of the 1991 Gulf War

Population Health Metrics, 2004
Background Factor analysis is one of the most used statistical techniques to analyze the inter-relationships among symptoms reported by Gulf War veterans.
Hull Lisa, Unwin Catherine, Wessely Simon, Ismail Khalida, Nisenbaum Rosane, Reeves William C   +5 more
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Increased brain white matter axial diffusivity associated with fatigue, pain and hyperalgesia in Gulf War illness.

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundGulf War exposures in 1990 and 1991 have caused 25% to 30% of deployed personnel to develop a syndrome of chronic fatigue, pain, hyperalgesia, cognitive and affective dysfunction.MethodsGulf War veterans (n = 31) and sedentary veteran and ...
Rakib U Rayhan, Benson W Stevens, Christian R Timbol, Oluwatoyin Adewuyi, Brian Walitt, John W VanMeter, James N Baraniuk   +6 more
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Anthrax Vaccines in the 21st Century

Vaccines
Vaccination against Bacillus anthracis is the best preventive measure against the development of deadly anthrax disease in the event of exposure to anthrax either as a bioweapon or in its naturally occurring form.
Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Lisa M. James
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Veterans with Gulf War Illness exhibit distinct respiratory patterns during maximal cardiopulmonary exercise.

PLoS ONE, 2019
INTRODUCTION:The components of minute ventilation, respiratory frequency and tidal volume, appear differentially regulated and thereby afford unique insight into the ventilatory response to exercise.
Jacob B Lindheimer, Dane B Cook, Jacquelyn C Klein-Adams, Wei Qian, Helene Z Hill, Gudrun Lange, Duncan S Ndirangu, Glenn R Wylie, Michael J Falvo   +8 more
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An Analysis of Reported Dangerous Incidents, Exposures, and Near Misses amongst Army Soldiers [PDF]

, 2018
Occupational health and safety incidents occurring in the military context are of great concern to personnel and commanders. Incidents such as “dangerous incidents”, “exposures”, and “near misses” (as distinct from ...
Orr, Rob Marc, Pope, Rodney, Rigby, Timothy, Schram, Ben   +3 more
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Multi-symptom illnesses, unexplained illness and Gulf War Syndrome [PDF]

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2006
Explanatory models for the increased prevalence of ill health in Gulf veterans compared to those not deployed to the Gulf War 1990–1991 remain elusive. This article addresses whether multi-symptom reporting in Gulf veterans are types of medically unexplained symptoms and whether the alleged Gulf War Syndrome is best understood as a medically ...
Ismail, K, Lewis, G
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Progression of intervention-focused research for Gulf War illness

Military Medical Research, 2019
The Persian Gulf War of 1990 to 1991 involved the deployment of nearly 700,000 American troops to the Middle East. Deployment-related exposures to toxic substances such as pesticides, nerve agents, pyridostigmine bromide (PB), smoke from burning oil ...
Jeremy E. Chester, Mazhgan Rowneki, William Van Doren, Drew A. Helmer   +3 more
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