Some fibro news

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An article on one study showing some progress in research.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/538494/?sc=dwhp

Pain in Fibromyalgia Is Linked to Changes in Brain Molecule

Newswise — Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a key linkage between pain and a specific brain molecule, a discovery that lends new insight into fibromyalgia, an often-baffling chronic pain condition.

In patients with fibromyalgia, researchers found, pain decreased when levels of the brain molecule called glutamate went down. The results of this study, which appears in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism, could be useful to researchers looking for new drugs that treat fibromyalgia, the authors say.

“If these findings are replicated, investigators performing clinical treatment trials in fibromyalgia could potentially use glutamate as a ‘surrogate’ marker of disease response,” says lead author Richard E. Harris, Ph.D., research assistant professor in the Division of Rheumatology at the U-M Medical School's Department of Internal Medicine and a researcher at the U-M Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center.

The molecule glutamate is a neurotransmitter, which means it conveys information between neurons in the nervous system. When glutamate is released from one neuron, it diffuses across the space between cells, and then binds to receptors on the next neuron in line and causes the cell to become excited, or to be more active.

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[mopinko]

1. thanks for that article, and the link.

nice to be reminded that some people "believe" in fibro. i tried to get my teenaged son evaluated, and i had 2 different docs give us that line. so, it was especially nice to see it mentioned that teens do get it.

[OhioChick]

2. It is nice to have proof

that it's not "all in your head" isn't it? I was told that for years.

To the OP: Thanks for posting. :)