Comments on: The early days of chronic fatigue syndrome research; Clues to functional weakness mechanism from the nature of onset http://podcasts.bmj.com/jnnp/2011/12/29/the-early-days-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-research-clues-to-functional-weakness-mechanism-from-the-nature-of-onset/ The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry podcasts Wed, 16 May 2012 21:46:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dr Bridget Price http://podcasts.bmj.com/jnnp/2011/12/29/the-early-days-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-research-clues-to-functional-weakness-mechanism-from-the-nature-of-onset/#comment-266 Dr Bridget Price Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:53:29 +0000 http://podcasts.bmj.com/jnnp/2011/12/29/the-early-days-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-research-clues-to-functional-weakness-mechanism-from-the-nature-of-onset/#comment-266 The trouble with the work by Wessely is that he identified the problem of some chronic fatigue systems as not resting solely in muscle. He then leapt into concluding that they were a subsequence of the cognitive part of the brain. The fact that the human nervous system is made up of autonomic systems not directly linked to cognition let alone that consciousness itself is a tiny fraction of even the cortex seems to have escaped him? The trouble with the work by Wessely is that he identified the problem of some chronic fatigue systems as not resting solely in muscle. He then leapt into concluding that they were a subsequence of the cognitive part of the brain. The fact that the human nervous system is made up of autonomic systems not directly linked to cognition let alone that consciousness itself is a tiny fraction of even the cortex seems to have escaped him?

]]> By: Chris http://podcasts.bmj.com/jnnp/2011/12/29/the-early-days-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-research-clues-to-functional-weakness-mechanism-from-the-nature-of-onset/#comment-264 Chris Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:31:56 +0000 http://podcasts.bmj.com/jnnp/2011/12/29/the-early-days-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-research-clues-to-functional-weakness-mechanism-from-the-nature-of-onset/#comment-264 I am curious what the distinguished Prof. Wessely's thoughts are on the distinguishing of postviral fatigue with the proper Myalgic Encephalomyelitis as defined here (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x/abstract) Thank you. I am curious what the distinguished Prof. Wessely’s thoughts are on the distinguishing of postviral fatigue with the proper Myalgic Encephalomyelitis as defined here (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x/abstract)

Thank you.

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