> From: KEn Becker <[log in to unmask]>
Hi Ken
> Alastair, I hope you don't mend me jumping into this discussion, but I don't
> want to forget a thought about your theory. You seem to be knowlegeable about
> electronics
I try not to have too detailed knowledge about any thing . I try to
get an overview of everything prior to being PD diagnosed I was into
cosmology ( I am a heretic there also ) .
. There are two technologies that might be adaptable to the fight
> against PD and similar conditions. The first involves what is done by an
> equalizer in a sound system, where weak parts of the wave form, such as bass
> notes are amplified more than strong ones, to result in a balanced output
> across the audio spectrum, to make the sound as close to the original
> performance as possible to the ear. The other one is the use of a microphone
> in front of a speaker, which delivers samples of the sound coming from the
> speaker to correct distortion. If the speaker is sending out too much power at
> a particular frequency, the electronic circuits compensate and reduce the
> power reciprocally, to result in a more perfect replica of the original sound.
> I realize my explanation not be accurate, and my understanding cloudy. IF the
> electrons or neurons firing in the affected part of the brain could be
> monitored and corrected, as is done with heart pacemaker systems, it might
> work to automatically stop the symptoms
Both the electronic systems you descrbe could be used to control the
brain firing patterns .But the problem with the brain unlike the
heart is that we do not know enough and there is no simple answer .
We can produce a perfectly good heart rythm that only increases
pace when more energy is needed by the body . I have no details of how
this is done but from first principles the easiest way would be to
increase the rate in line with an in increased carbon dioxide level in
the blood . This regulatory feedback system is ideal if one knows
what one is after . The problem with spasms are that they are
distortion in complex systems . The only way of correcting it is by
either removing the original source of the distortion or by making a
new corrective distortion ( eg pallidotomy ) . Both ways have
problems in PD.
Removing the source of the distortion is the easiest route for PD
caused by tumour and hydrocephalus but to so easy for idiopathic PD
where the dopamine producing cells have died off . In Janet's case it
would appear that the spasm is partly/wholly caused by allergens and
if this is the case, then removing them will stop the spasm .
A good case to illustrate a spasm caused by allergens is asthma.
I believe that the mucus in the lungs is moved around by cilia
beating in a certain rythm/pattern . If this pattern is disrupted and
the cilia lose their pattern , this results in an asthma attack
(Ihave no medical training this could be wrong ) .
The whole of the human body is in my view governed on a large
scale by pulsating rythms , many electrical . What is important is
that two indendrnt systems in approximately the same frequency will
adopt a common frequency and stay in phase even though they started
out of phase . One can use this to stabilise and reinforce desirable
frequencies . Thus making the spasm less likely . In other words one
should not try to destroy the spasm frequency by an equally strong
frequency 100% out of phase but rather reinforce and stabilise
the wanted frequecy and this can be done with far less energy .
I was very interested in Janet's assertion that during her
pregnacy neck massage improved her PD symptoms. So I tried my TENS
machine in the place where neck massage is normally done that is half
way from the spinal column to the shoulder . It seems to work . So now
I think I have identified two areas of the body that stimulating can
affect the brain pattern and thus PD (The other being the foot as in
reflexology ) .None of my results are confirmed to date . I demand at
least 50% improvement and full repeatability.
I am not doing as many experiments as I would like as my
EMS/TENS machine often goes erratic if on for a long time .Can
machines get silicon firing pattern spasms ? Is it catching my PD !
Seriously though I think if I am to get any significant results it
will be as sustained stimulation over long periods . There is of
course, the
real possibility that I am barking up the wrong tree . My heresy is
fueled by the fact that the coventional view( PD = lack of dopamine
) leaves so much unexplained and cannot cure me .
. The stimulation that is done now, as
> far as I can understand, is just a manually controlled signal from the outside
> without feedback from the brain. Tell me if I am correct. Also if you think I
> am onto something. [log in to unmask]
>
>
peace
Alastair ( [log in to unmask] )
