Episode 479
Brain on fire
Are psychosis, chronic fatigue syndrome and depression down to abnormal immune responses?
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
March 24, 201555m 24s
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Show Notes
This week, how rogue antibodies turned one woman's existence into a living nightmare of delusions, hallucinations and paranoia, we examine the evidence that ME - or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) - might be an autoimmune disease, and why the blues might be down to a hostile immune response. Plus, how tracking eye movements can be used to influence decisions, why remembering causes you to forget, a new 3d-printer inspired by Hollywood's Terminator, and the genetic map of the UK: apparently the Romans didn't fancy breeding with us very much... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
autoimmunityneuroimmunologychronic fatigue syndromemerituximabdepressionnmda receptor autoantibodynaked scientists