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. 2021 Dec 17;12:769511. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.769511

Table 2.

Number of studying reporting structural and functional brain MRI changes in relation to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

Findings Number of studies
Structural Functional
Myelination White matter volume Gray matter volume Total intracranial volume Circulation Functional connectivity
No regional or global group mean differences 3 3 2 0 2 *
Abnormal correlation with physiological measures 4 2 1 0 1 0
Correlation with symptom severity 1 0 1 1 0 3
Group mean differences 0 0 0 1 0 3
Regional group mean differences 2 2 1 0 1 *
Correlation with disease duration 0 2 0 0 0 0
Evidence of cortical compensation 3 0 0 0 0 0
*

Indicating this brain MRI change has not been studied/reported.