“An estimated 12M UK citizens have a chronic medical condition, and many of them report severe mental fatigue that they characterize as ‘sluggishness’ or ‘brain fog’. This condition is often as debilitating as the disease itself.”
“A team in the University’s Centre for Human Brain Health investigated the link between this mental fog and inflammation — the body’s response to illness. In a study published in Neuroimage, they show that inflammation appears to have a particular negative impact on the brain’s readiness to reach and maintain an alert state.”
“The results showed that inflammation specifically affected brain activity related to staying alert, while the other attention processes appeared unaffected by inflammation.”
View the whole story here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191115190337.htm