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Neurocognitive Defects & Brain Structure in Fibromyalgia: Are Pain & Cognitive Problems Related?

Posted on October 06, 2008

The journal Brain [2008 Sep 26] just published a study on a fascinating study from the University of Regensburg's Clinic for Rheumatology in Germany. The researchers write that fibromyalgia patients often report memory and attention problems in addition to pain, stiffness and sleep disturbance. While [a]ccumulating evidence suggests that [fibromyalgia] is associated with CNS [central nervous system] dysfunction and with an altered brain morphology, there have been few studies that have specifically focused on fibromyalgia patients' neuropsychological issues. Therefore the authors of this stu...

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chronic pain , fibromyalgia , sleep