Manjaly, Zina-Mary, Harrison, Neil A, Critchley, Hugo D, Do, Cao Tri, Stefanics, Gabor, Wenderoth, Nicole, Lutterotti, Andreas, Müller, Alfred and Stephan, Klaas Enno (2019) Pathophysiological and cognitive mechanisms of fatigue in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0022-3050

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Abstract

Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS), with a major impact on patients’ quality of life. Currently, treatment proceeds by trial and error with limited success, probably due to the presence of multiple different underlying mechanisms. Recent neuroscientific advances offer the potential to develop tools for differentiating these mechanisms in individual patients and ultimately provide a principled basis for treatment selection. However, development of these tools for differential diagnosis will require guidance by pathophysiological and cognitive theories that propose mechanisms which can be assessed in individual patients. This article provides an overview of contemporary pathophysiological theories of fatigue in MS and discusses how the mechanisms they propose may become measurable with emerging technologies and thus lay a foundation for future personalised treatments.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	Brighton and Sussex Medical School > Neuroscience
Research Centres and Groups:	Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science Sussex Neuroscience
Depositing User:	Alexei Fisk
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2019 10:53
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2019 10:54
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/81573

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