Higher-order brain processes, rather than early processing, underlie sensory problems in ME/CFS: evidence from ERPs
Sanjay Kumar, Alfred Veldhuis, Farzaneh Yazdani · 2026
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Sanjay Kumar, Alfred Veldhuis and Farzaneh Yazdani test where sensory problems in ME/CFS arise in the brain, in a 2026 study using event-related potentials. Their group included 31 people with ME/CFS and 30 healthy matched controls.
Patients reported far more sensory problems than controls in daily life. On a paired-click task, early brain filtering, measured by P50 suppression, did not differ between groups. On an oddball task, the later P300 response was clearly smaller in patients, pointing to higher-order control systems rather than early sensing. The authors argue that help for sensory trouble in ME/CFS should target those later brain systems, not the senses themselves.
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| CREATOR | Sanjay Kumar, Alfred Veldhuis, Farzaneh Yazdani |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33620 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |