Citation

Ferguson E, Cassaday HJ. Br. J. Psychol. (1953) 1999; 90(4): 459-475.

Affiliation

School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK. ef@psyc.nott.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, British Psychological Society, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10629943

Abstract

The symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome (GWS) closely correspond to the physiological and behavioural sequelae of an interleukin-1 (IL-1) mediated sickness response. We propose that this response can account for the variability in its symptomatology. Furthermore, the persistence of GWS can be accounted for by an associative process, whereby the smells/tastes of war become linked with the physiological reaction to environmental stressors encountered in the Gulf and/or the 'cocktail' of drugs given to the soldiers. As required, the IL-1 response is conditionable.

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