title: Gray matter volumes in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating and complex disorder characterized by profound fatigue with uncertain pathologic mechanism. Neuroimage may be an important key to unveil the central nervous system (CNS) mechanism in CFS. Although most of the studies found gray matter (GM) volumes reduced in some brain regions in CFS, there are many factors that could affect GM volumes in CFS, including chronic pain, stress, psychiatric disorder, physical activity, and insomnia, which may bias the results. In this paper, through reviewing recent literatures, we discussed these interferential factors, which overlap with the symptoms of CFS.
authors: Acupuncture and Tuina School, The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 37 Shi'er Qiao Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610075, China.
authors: Le-Wei
authors: LW
authors: Tang
authors: Acupuncture and Tuina School, The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 37 Shi'er Qiao Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610075, China.
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Zheng
authors: Acupuncture and Tuina School, The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 37 Shi'er Qiao Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610075, China.
authors: Liang
authors: L
authors: Chen
authors: Acupuncture and Tuina School, The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 37 Shi'er Qiao Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610075, China.
authors: Si-Yuan
authors: SY
authors: Zhou
authors: Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors: Wen-Jing
authors: WJ
authors: Huang
authors: Acupuncture and Tuina School, The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 37 Shi'er Qiao Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610075, China.
authors: Ying
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: Acupuncture and Tuina School, The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 37 Shi'er Qiao Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 610075, China.
authors: Xi
authors: X
authors: Wu