Gulf War Illnesses Tied to Brain Areas
From Times Wire Reports
Symptoms such as memory loss and dizziness suffered by U.S. veterans with Persian Gulf War syndrome can be correlated to specific areas of the brain where cells have died, probably from chemical exposure, researchers said. Brain scans performed on victims of the syndrome have shown depleted brain cells in three areas. “This year we show that brain cell losses from specific areas of the brain correlate with different symptoms and abnormalities,” lead researcher Robert Haley said in a report released at a meeting in Chicago of the Radiological Society of North America.
