| > | | | | from the left side crosses through the mid-brain |
| | | | and increases the frequency of firing in the right |
| Insomnia and fatigue are two sides of the same | | | | cerebral cortex (right brain). The effects of visual |
| coin: if a person is unable to sleep at night, they | | | | stimulation are monitored by blood pressure and |
| are usually fatigued during the day. However, | | | | pulse. Increased frequency of firing (impulses) of |
| some people get eight to 12 hours of sleep a | | | | the cortex (brain) should lower the blood pressure |
| night and still have fatigue. | | | | and pulse via ponto-medullary (lower brain stem) |
| The top part of the brain stem is called the | | | | stimulation. Increased cortical (brain) stimulation |
| mesencephalon, and it determines our sleeping | | | | also fires to the cerebellum (back part of the |
| waking patterns. The specific term is the | | | | brain) via feedback mechanisms. The cerebellum |
| "mesencephalic reticular activating system" which | | | | controls involuntary muscles of the spinal cord. |
| is a three-dollar phrase for top of the brain | | | | Auditory stimulation (sound) in the left ear |
| stem. If the mesencephalon is firing, you will | | | | increases frequency of firing (impulses) in the |
| be awake. If the mesencephalon decreases | | | | temporal lobe of the brain. Auditory stimulation is |
| frequency of firing, you will be tired and unable to | | | | monitored by blood pressure and pulse. |
| stay awake. Patients who experience insomnia | | | | Treatments may include unilateral (one-sided) |
| probably have a mesencephalon that is over-firing. | | | | exercises and unilateral (one-sided) adjustments or |
| Patients with fatigue who seem to get enough | | | | manipulations. Extremities (arms and legs), lumbar |
| sleep may have a decreased frequency of firing | | | | spine (low back), and cervical spine (neck) may be |
| of the mesencephalon. | | | | manipulated on one side only to fire muscle spindle |
| A thorough neurological examination should be | | | | cells (muscle receptors) and joint |
| performed in order to determine the exact state | | | | mechanoreceptors (joint receptors) into the same |
| of the nervous system. | | | | cerebellum (back part of the brain) and opposite |
| As a Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist, I | | | | cerebral cortex (brain). The thoracic (mid-back) |
| utilize treatment modalities that increase or | | | | spine may be globally manipulated to fire the |
| decrease frequency of firing on the mid-brain. For | | | | dorsal columns (back part of the spinal cord). |
| example, visual stimulation with red or green light | | | | |