The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1099-1112 , October 2009

Moderate Exercise Increases Expression for Sensory, Adrenergic, and Immune Genes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients But Not in Normal Subjects

  • Alan R. Light

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Alan R. Light, Department of Anesthesiology, 30N, 1900E, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132-2304.
    • ,
  • Andrea T. White

      Affiliations

    • Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • ,
  • Ronald W. Hughen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • ,
  • Kathleen C. Light

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Received 30 March 2009 ,Revised 10 May 2009 ,Accepted 1 June 2009.

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 Supported by NIH grant R21 NS057821 from NINDS and NIAMS, with additional ancillary support from NIH R21 AT0002209 from NCAM, a Catalyst grant from the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, and the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah.

PII: S1526-5900(09)00574-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.06.003

The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1099-1112 , October 2009

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