Cholinergic Autonomic Dysfunction in Veterans With Gulf War Illness: Confirmation in a Population-Based Sample

• Published in: Archives of neurology (Chicago) Vol. 70; no. 2; p. 191
• Main Authors: Haley, Robert W, Charuvastra, Elizabeth, Shell, William E, Buhner, David M, Marshall, W Wesley, Biggs, Melanie M, Hopkins, Steve C, Wolfe, Gil I, Vernino, Steven
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago American Medical Association 01.02.2013
• Subjects: Diarrhea; Fatigue; Heart rate; Sexual disorders; Veterans; War; United States > US

The authors of prior small studies raised the hypothesis that symptoms in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War, such as chronic diarrhea, dizziness, fatigue, and sexual dysfunction, are due to cholinergic autonomic dysfunction. To perform a confirmatory test of this prestated hypothesis in a larger, repres...