Chronic Fatigue from Vagus Nerve Infection: A Psychoneuroimmunological Hypothesis

Chronic Fatigue from Vagus Nerve Infection: A Psychoneuroimmunological Hypothesis

Yasmina Ykelenstam's Healing Histamine Podcast

07/12/2015 11:17PM

Episode Synopsis "Chronic Fatigue from Vagus Nerve Infection: A Psychoneuroimmunological Hypothesis"

In today's interview Harvard and Tufts neuroscientist Dr. Michael Van ElZakker shares his fascinating new paper Chronic Fatigue from Vagus Nerve Infection: A Psychoneuroimmunological Hypothesis. His hypothesis proposes that an infection of the vagus nerve can cause greatly exaggerated chronic sickness responses like fatigue, pain and more. Our interview also touches on the mast cell link right at the end. 

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