NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dysfunction in aportion of the brain may explain some of the symptoms offibromyalgia syndrome, researchers suggest in a paper published inthe Journal of Rheumatology

Dr. Yasser Emad, of Cairo University, Egypt, and colleagues usedproton magnetic resonance spectroscopy to examine the function ofthe hippocampus in 15 patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and in10healthy women who were the same age as the other patients.

The hippocampus is located deep in the front portion of thebrain involved in regulating emotions and memory. Functionally, thehippocampus is part of the olfactory cortex, which is important tothe sense of smell. The name is from the Greek hippos (horse) =kampos (a sea monster), based on its shape, which resembles aseahorse.

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