| Immune cells of the brain linked to Gulf War Syndrome symptoms |
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| Written by Matthew Hogg BSc (Hons) | |||||
| Friday, 05 March 2010 16:26 | |||||
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Following an announcement on February 26th made by the Veterans Affairs Department in the US, scientists from across the country were invited to Washington D.C. by the Federal Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses to present research related to the symptoms and illnesses suffered by veterans, collectively known as Gulf War Syndrome.
It was at this meeting that Dr. Linda Watkins of the University of Colorado reported on her work demonstrating that microglia play a key role in chronic pain and drug addiction. Conventional wisdom is that it it is only the nerve cells (neurons) themselves that cause chronic pain and tolerance to powerful painkilling drugs such as morphine. Dr Watkins explained that the new understanding of how microglia (essentially the same as macrophages found in the bloodstream but fixed in place in the brain) aggravate neurons after an injury by releasing substances that produce excruciating pain, led to the observation that the process may help to explain Gulf War Syndrome.
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![]() written by Spinneyhorse, March 31, 2010
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Soldiers being forced to have injections, immune system taking a hit, then going into the field with high powered radios and radar equipment. And now microwave weapons ummm! Let us think about this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_syndrome http://www.viewzone.com/microwave.html http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/v-mads.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Denial_System http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x58qnm_army-demo-microwave-weapons_news http://www.klimaforschung.net/Dr._Reinhard_Munzert/index.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327185.600-microwave-weapon-will-rain-pain-from-the-sky.html http://www.ei-resource.org/illness-information/environmental-illnesses/gulf-war-syndrome/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UpLuXFXJCc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syOWcnhlNXM http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-482560/Run-away-ray-gun-coming--We-test-US-armys-new-secret-weapon.html The US Navy reportedly used a new class of highly secret, non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse warheads during the opening hours of the Persian Gulf War to disrupt and destroy Iraqi electronics systems. The warheads converted the energy of a conventional explosion into a pulse of radio energy. The effect of the microwave attacks on Iraqi air defense and headquarters was difficult to determine because the effects of the HPM blasts were obscured by continuous jamming, the use of stealthy F-117 aircraft, and the destruction of Iraq's electrical grid. The warheads used during the Gulf War were experimental warheads, not standard weapons deployed with fielded forces. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/hpm.htm http://www.ei-resource.org/news/gulf-war-syndrome-news/immune-cells-of-the-brain-linked-to-gulf-war-syndrome-symptoms/
... written by sparky, June 17, 2010
I think the microgalia theory above is not really a theory in its own right, but just another piece in the puzzle.
As to whether I trust our governments explanations, will if they still cant give us a good account of Dr David kelly then they will never give us a cogent explanation for the gulf wars. I just hope scientists will have enough freedom to publish their findings, as some findings may be too uncomfortable for our governments to square. Perhaps the public should start fundraising to fund middle eastern scientists to investigate the effects of depleted uranium. Write comment
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Look, its been 20 years now since the 1st Gulf War, and all we have had from the Governments of Great Britain and the United States are..... Automatic daniels, Long winded promises and plenty lots of Political bull!
Suffice to say that this subject stinks to high heaven of a international "cover up" at the very highest level.
Many third party organisations have and still are jumping on the bandwagon of "GULF WAR SYNDROME" with a soul purpose of generating finance for themselves and their companies.
The sad fact is that Government on both sides of the Atlantic have NO intention whatsoever in "making good" to victimsveterans of G.W.S.
With hindsight, it was like if this giant "experiment" was all planed out, even before Saddam invaded Kuwait!!
If in 20 years you have not figured this out by now then you never will!