Symptoms of Gulf War Illness (GWI), a chronic, multi-symptomatic disorder affecting returning military veterans of the Persian Gulf War (1990–1991) have been difficult to treat. Specific symptoms vary from veteran to veteran, but there are a number of common symptoms including chronic fatigue, widespread pain, insomnia and sleep disturbance.
Linda Chao, PhD is a professor in the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UC San Francisco. Dr. Chao has an ongoing project at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SFVAMC), funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs. This project seeks to use cognitive tests, structural, and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to examine the effects of deployment-related exposures on brain structure and brain function in Gulf War veterans.
Dr. Chao and a team of investigators recently…
