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| Title |
Central pathways causing fatigue in neuro-inflammatory and autoimmune illnesses
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, February 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12916-014-0259-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gerwyn Morris, Michael Berk, Ken Walder, Michael Maes |
| Abstract |
The genesis of severe fatigue and disability in people following acute pathogen invasion involves the activation of Toll-like receptors followed by the upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines and the activation of microglia and astrocytes. Many patients suffering from neuroinflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and systemic lupus erythematosus, also commonly suffer from severe disabling fatigue. Such patients also present with chronic peripheral immune activation and systemic inflammation in the guise of elevated proinflammtory cytokines, oxidative stress and activated Toll-like receptors. This is also true of many patients presenting with severe, apparently idiopathic, fatigue accompanied by profound levels of physical and cognitive disability often afforded the non-specific diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 83 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 14 | 17% |
| United States | 13 | 16% |
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Australia | 2 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Ireland | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 12 | 14% |
| Unknown | 34 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 62 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 11% |
| Scientists | 8 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 354 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 348 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 59 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 56 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 39 | 11% |
| Other | 24 | 7% |
| Other | 68 | 19% |
| Unknown | 65 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 93 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 32 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 32 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20 | 6% |
| Other | 71 | 20% |
| Unknown | 73 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 April 2023.
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#517
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