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http://www.loni.ucla.edu/About_Loni/people/ This was on the news a few days ago and they are looking at normal and abnormal brains- a lot of AIDS abnormalities and the like. I e-mailed them regarding looking at neuroborreliosis and of course this isn't something they are doing. It would be interesting to note that diffrences in pathology between the stages of the disease.
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- The Nightingale Foundation in Canada has done some brain imaging on "CFS" patients that is remarkable. As we know, many cases of CFS turn out to be lyme or other "stealth" infection.
Myra Preston, Ph.D. and Sheila Bastien, Ph.D. have both also done exceptional work on reporting brain issues in "CFS" and their understanding of that umbrella term does include lyme and various other stealth infections.
Alan MacDonald, MD (pathologist, researcher in the area of neuroborelliosis) his work before and after collaboration with Eva Sapi, Ph.D. See their work at ILADS and elsewhere.
Especially, find the slides of brain tissue that MacDonald focused on a few years ago. The pictures are astounding.
Garth Nicolson, a resesarcher in the field of mycplasmas also has done stunning research.
And others. These are just the ones that come to mind. With lyme, it's very difficult to separate out the other tick-borne, other chronic stealth infections, as well as the effects of parasites, heavy metals and liver damage that often come with "lyme"
(the latter mentioned as if there is liver or kidney damage from infection or certain Rx without proper support, the brain will also nearly always take a hit, too, from the toxic build-up, so to speak).
Add to that the propensity toward gluten issues for those with lyme. In such cases, gluten can damage the gut &/or the brain. Neurological effects from gluten can last up to six months after even a small bit being ingested - regarding brain function, partly due to inflammation.
Lyme (and possibly other infections and influences mentioned above) can also damage &/or destroy bits of the myelin sheath around nerve fibers. Somehow, all attempts to support myelin tissue need to be on board.
Inflammation from various infections and all other variables mentioned is also a huge matter. If inflammation can be controlled along the way, the future can look so much brighter. -
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