CCSVI and CCVBP

[uprightdoc]

Hello Nigel,

Good question. Coordination of the eyes is called conjugation. The conjugation center for sight is in the upper portion of the midbrain called the supranuclear area. Loss of conjugation is called internuclear ophtalmoplegia. The midbrain is surrounded by CSF cisterns called the interpeduncular and superior cerebellar (quadrigeminal) cisterns. It is also penetrated by the cerebral aqueduct of Sylvius which links the third ventricle to the fourth ventricle. The midbrain is often affected in neurodegenerative conditions such as MS and a Parkinson's Plus variant called progressive supranuclear palsy, as well as midbrain syndromes such as Parinaud's syndrome. It is my opinion that the midbrain is frequently affected due to its relationship with CSF flow in the cerebral aqueduct and cisterns. The eyes can also be affected by insufficient drainage of the cavernous sinus or by displacement of the brain inside the cranial vault (ectopia) resulting in tension or compression of the cranial nerves.

[NZer1]

Thanks Dr,
It gives me language to put fear into the Optometrists but another grey area where assumptions could me made.

It would be a very difficult study and research proposal to achieve a deeper understanding?

I need a rack now for my glasses, one for general reading, one for computer work and one for distance sight. I had hoped the things in Life would become clearer as I 'matured' ...............

;)
Nigel

[uprightdoc]

Your welcome. As far as your comment about assumptions and very difficult studies regarding research proposals are concerned, studies have been done and more are on the way. The problem is no one is connecting the dots between the many different specialists who are doing the research.

[wallace]

I have started a discussion on inverted bed incline therapy on the facebook group Find us on Facebook.com/InclinedBedTherapy

[wallace]

I have restarted my walking therapy!
http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2007/1 ... blues-away

[uprightdoc]

I have started a discussion on inverted bed incline therapy on the facebook group Find us on Facebook.com/InclinedBedTherapy

I suggest you invite a neurosurgeon to comment on the affect of venous inversion flows on hydrocephalus, decreased compliance and increased pulsatility in the brain.

[Robnl]

Hi doc (and all),

Monday March 30th appointment with neurosurgeon in Radboud Hospital;, should be knowledge about cSF there.
I want an MRI and CINE-MRI (horizontal position) and hopefully some openmind discusison about CSFflow and spine problems...

[uprightdoc]

Hello Robert,
That's great. In addition to CSF, the CINE MRI will also provide some information on blood flow. I look forward to hearing the report on their findings.

[Robnl]

Hi Doc,

Monday is my first appointment....so mri's will be at a later date, i suippose.
We'll see...

[Robnl]

http://www.spine-health.com/video/sciat ... tomy-video

nice video

[uprightdoc]

Good. They should do scans of the brain and cervical spine. They should do the craniocervical junction separately but they usually do not.

[Robnl]

Ok, I will tell them

Thx

[Robnl]

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1135286-overview

[Robnl]

And this...
http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter11 ... halus.html

[uprightdoc]

As I have mentioned many times before, I started my research with the artificially deformed skulls from Peru and Bolivia. It was around 1984. The artificially deformed skulls all had open sutures. I suspected it may have been caused by hydrocephalus. While searching for more information on hydrocephalus, which was hard to find at that time, I stumbled into research by Adams and Hakim on normal pressure hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus led to Chiari malformations and Dandy-Walker syndrome. Normal pressure hydrocephalus led to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis, as well as many other conditions, including syringomyelia. A syrinx also known as syringomyelia, is hydrocephalus of the cord and is sometime referred to as hydromyelia. Cephalus mens brain. Myelia means cord. Hydrocephalus is excess water in the brain. Hydromyelia is excess water in the cord. Since the advent of MRI the research into hydrocephalus and craniospinal hydrodynamics has moved forward at a rapid pace. The research is just starting to catch up to what I discoverd thirty years ago.