This article analyzes the use of neuroimaging in research into chronic fatigue syndrome. It reviews some works published in the 1990s and investigates a specific aspect of these studies, namely the search for a cerebral abnormality, in the form of an altered activation pattern, which could provide a pattern for diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome as a disease reduced to some cerebral findings is analyzed, arguing in favor of a broader vision of this disease that includes psychosocial elements of the patient's life as opposed to entirely somatic explanations.
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Ortega, F., & Zorzanelli, R. (2011, April). Imagens cerebrais e o caso da síndrome da fadiga crônica. Ciencia e Saude Coletiva. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-81232011000400012
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