Guest guest Posted January 28, 2001 Report Share Posted January 28, 2001 Grammy, And that's just the hypothalamus! Think about all the other important parts in that general area which are potentially affected by compression and CSF flow issues. Makes perfect sense to me! Eurico > Morning All. > I've been studying hard, and want to see if I have a grasp on this > relationship. > > The hypothalamus is located around the 3rd ventricle in the brain -- it > maintains the bodys' status quo (body temp., blood pressure, weight, balance). > CSF flows thru these ventricles in the brain? > If there's interuption of the CSF flow, it would cause the hypothalamus to > mis-calculate? > If there's pressure on the brain stem/cerebullar tonsils, this could cause > an interuption in CSF flow? > Hence, the complications with body temp., blood pressure, weight ??? > My comprehension abilities are sooo poor -- it takes me a while to grasp > things. > Thanks so much --- hope I don't aggravate you all too much. > Rainbows to you all > Grammy > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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