Adverse effects of Gulf War Illness (GWI) serum on neural cultures and their prevention by healthy serum

• Published in: Journal of neurology & neuromedicine Vol. 3; no. 2; p. 19
• Main Authors: Georgopoulos, Apostolos P, Tsilibary, Effie-Photini C, Souto, Eric P, James, Lisa M, Engdahl, Brian E, Georgopoulos, Angeliki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Gulf War Illness; Blood serum; Multielectrode arrays; Brain cultures; Neural growth; Apoptosis

Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic debilitating disease of unknown etiology that affects the brain and has afflicted many veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War (GW). Here we tested the hypothesis that brain damage may be caused by circulating harmful substances to which GW veterans were exposed but whic...