Gulf War Syndrome Symptoms Linked to Brain Damage. New research shows cell loss (of an extent comparable to that seen in degenerative neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, ALS [Lou Gehrig’s Disease] and dementia) in three regions of the brain of Gulf War Syndrome sufferers. The extent of damage at each site correlates with the degree of specific symptom complaints or impaired functions. Involved areas include the basal ganglia in each hemisphere and various brain stem regions. I’ve discussed several pieces of evidence that there really is a Gulf War Syndrome (actually, syndromes in plural, in all likelihood) and that symptoms relate to brain dysfunction due to various toxic exposures during the war. Here’s a page of Atomz search results to my earlier references.