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.