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Fibromyalgia Patients Show Decreases in Gray ...(June 16, 2009)

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Fibromyalgia Patients Show Decreases in Gray Matter Intensity

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Previous studies have shown that fibromyalgia is associated with reductions in gray matter in parts of the brain, but the exact cause is not known. Using sophisticated brain imaging techniques, researchers from Louisiana State University, writing in The Journal of Pain, found that alterations in levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine might be responsible for gray matter reductions.

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