by Neil Bossenger | May 26, 2014 | Spinewave Bulletin
Developing safe, targeted, and effective drugs for mental illnesses has increasingly become a struggle for the pharmaceutical industry. As a result, there has been a gradual withdrawal of research dollars from this area, despite the fact that globally, the mental...
by Neil Bossenger | May 21, 2014 | Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
Success in any endeavour requires the ability to think clearly. This is the reason the more extreme forms of math are taught in schools; math that we have no actual use for within our lifetime. However, what we learn from such calculations is simply how to walk...
by Neil Bossenger | Apr 29, 2014 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
A 2-year old male giraffe, estimated to weigh 450kg, developed severe torticollis during transport between zoos (stress?). The giraffe was transported for about 20 hours and was reported to have remained calm during transport. Before unloading at the destination, the...
by Neil Bossenger | Mar 10, 2014 | Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
Muscles and joints of the neck can influence heart rate and blood pressure. Research has shown that a pathway exists between neck muscles and a part of the brainstem (image below) called the nucleus tractus solitarius1 (NTS). Postural alterations to the...
by Neil Bossenger | Nov 6, 2013 | Spinewave Bulletin
The word “stress” is a misnomer. There are too many neurological mechanisms around how one processes information and how one feels about it. Everybody is different. A stressful situation for one person may not be stressful for another. So the broad stroke...
