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Project Number: | I01CX002182-01 |
| Title: | The role of the brain stem in GWVI pathology |
| Principal Investigator: | Ansgar J. Furst |
| Location: | Palo Alto, CA |
| Congressional District Code: | 18 |
| Research Service: | Clinical Science R&D |
| Project Period: | April 2021 - March 2025 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $145,000 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,008,875 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Gulf War Veterans’ Illness (GWVI) is characterized by multiple chronic symptoms including wide-spread pain and sleep disturbances. This project will focus on brainstem structures and white matter pathways that specifically link the hypothalamus, periaqueductal gray and locus coeruleus (along the hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal axis), and investigate their role in modulating pain and sleep disturbances associated with GWVI. We hypothesize that GWVI is associated with damage of specific brainstem... |