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The Very Intelligent Choroid Plexus Epithelial Cell
Jon Lieff, M.DCurriculums:
The choroid plexus has many different functions. It eliminates waste products from brain tissues. It controls the travel of immune T cells in the CSF that promote cognition and fight infections. It regulates the travel of critical microglia and neural stem cells that create new brain cells of all types. It is the major determinant of critical neuroplasticity time windows during brain development. It is vital for the health of the brain regulating the immune surveillance and the maintenance and pruning of synapses. Jon Lieff, M.D. is a practicing psychiatrist, with specialties in geriatric psychiatry and neuropsychiatry.
Viva Vagus: Wandering nerve could lead to range of therapies
NICOLE RAGER FULLERCurriculums:
Article on the importance of the Vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is the nervous system’s superhighway. About 80 percent of its nerve fibers — or four of its five “lanes” — drive information from the body to the brain. Its fifth lane runs in the opposite direction, shuttling signals from the brain throughout the body.
Total Body Balancing An Integrative Approach to Optimum Treatment and Balance
Kerry D’Ambrogio D.O.M., A.P., P.T., D.O.-M.T.P.Curriculums:
Written by the developer of Total Body Balancing (TBB), this article presents the full-body evaluation and five-phase treatment approach of TBB. The philosophy, principles and concepts are presented, which highlight how this approach influences all systems of the body - craniosacral, lymphatic, musculoskeletal, myofascial, and visceral, which supports the integration of specific techniques and treatments.
Neurons and Glia - An Essential Partnership
Tad Wanveer LMT, CST-DCurriculums:
This article describes the four primary types of glia within the CNS (astrocytes, ependymal cells, oligodendrocytes, and microglia) and how each of these glial cell types function.
Craniosacral Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Sham-controlled Trial
Research: Haller H, Cramer H, Lauche R, Rampp T, Saha F, Ostermann T, Dobos G.Curriculums:
Clinical Journal of Pain Abstract link: http://journals.lww.com/clinicalpain/Abstract/publishahead/Craniosacral_Therapy_for_the_Treatment_of_Chronic.99251.aspx# CST was both specifically effective and safe in reducing neck pain intensity and may improve functional disability and quality of life up to 3 months post intervention
Asking the experts: A qualitative analysis of patient-centered outcomes for Craniosacral Therapy research
Heidemarie Haller, Romy Lauche, Holger Cramer, Bettina BergerCurriculums:
Introduction: Research in body based complementary therapies such as Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is often focused on physical outcome measures. This study therefore investigated patients' experiences of CST to reveal additional outcome domains for further clinical trials.
Rethinking which cells are the conductors of learning and memory
Ashley YeagerCurriculums:
Brain cells called glia may be center stage when it comes to how humans learn and remember. Brain cells called glia may be center stage when it comes to how humans learn and remember. ... Glia are thought of as the support staff for the brain’s nerve cells, or neurons, which transmit and receive the brain’s electrical and chemical signals. Glial cells perform many of the brain’s most important maintenance jobs.
The Effect of Body Post Alzheimer’s disease
Hedok Lee, Lulu Xie, Mei Yu, Hongyi Kang, Tian Feng, Rashid Deane, XJean Logan, XMaiken Nedergaard, and XHelene BenvenisteCurriculums:
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glymphatic pathway expedites clearance of waste, including soluble amyloid(A)
from the brain. Transport through this pathway is controlled bythe brain’s
arousal level because, during sleep or anesthesia,the brain’sinterstitial space
volume expands (compared with wakefulness), resulting in faster waste removal.
Humans, as well as animals, exhibit different body postures during sleep, which
may also affect waste removal. Therefore, not only the level of consciousness,
but also body posture, might affect CSF–interstitial fluid (ISF) exchange
efficiency. We used dynamic-contrast-enhanced MRI and kinetic modeling to
quantify CSF-ISF exchange rates in anesthetized rodents’ brains in supine,
prone, or lateral positions. To validate the MRI data and to assess
specifically the influence of body posture on clearance of A, we used
fluorescence microscopy and radioactive tracers, respectively. The analysis
showed that glymphatic transport was most efficient in the lateral position
compared with the supine or prone positions. In the prone position, in which
the rat’s head was inthe most upright position (mimicking posture duringthe
awake state),transport was characterized by “retention” ofthetracer, slower
clearance, and more CSF efflux along larger caliber cervical vessels. The
optical imaging and radiotracer studies confirmed that glymphatic transport and
A clearance were superior in the lateral and supine positions. We propose that
the most popular sleep posture (lateral) has evolved to optimize waste removal
during sleep and that posture must be considered in diagnostic imaging
procedures developed in the future to assess CSF-ISF transport in humans.
Structure of Brain Explains Ability to Regulate Emotions
Structure of Brain Explains Ability to Regulate EmotionsCurriculums:
Previous studies have shown that people diagnosed with emotional instability disorders exhibit a decrease in the volume of certain brain areas. The scientists wanted to know if these areas are also associated with the variability in the ability to regulate emotions that can be seen in healthy individuals
When Gut Bacteria Changes Brain Function
DAVID KOHNCurriculums:
Some researchers believe that the microbiome may play a role in regulating how people think and feel. Many people know that these microbes influence digestion, allergies, and metabolism. A growing group of researchers around the world are investigating how the microbiome, as this bacterial ecosystem is known, regulates how people think and feel.