The Beckley Foundation’s collaboration in Russia over the last five years has produced new and important findings on the dynamics of cerebral blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulation, on how these dynamics change with age, and on how these changes relate to alterations in cognition and the health of the brain, with particular reference to vascular forms of dementia, and so far the findings of our work have been presented in 18 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
Cranial Compliance
Authors: Yu. E. Moskalenko, G. B. Weinstein, P. Halvorson, T. I. Kravchenko, N. A. Ryabchikova, A. Feilding, V. N. Semernya, and A. A. Panov Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia Received August 27, 2007 Abstract—Biomechanical properties of the human skull affect its dynamic tensility (pliability or compliance) [...]
The Effect of Craniotomy on the Intracranial Hemodynamics and Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics in Humans
Authors:Yu. E. Moskalenko a, G. B. Weinstein a, T. I. Kravchenko a , S. V. Mozhaev b , V. N. Semernya a , A. Feilding a , P. Halvorson a, and S. V. Medvedev b a Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194223 Russia b Institute of the [...]
The Beckley Foundation, with Professor Moskalenko, investigated the relationship between CC and a standard test of cognitive functioning named the “Prognosis 1” method. We tested the cognitive functioning of 39 participants between the ages of 70 and 84, which included a number of participants who were suffering from various stages of dementia. The severity of [...]
The Moskalenko Method (MM) makes use of bio-impedance data supplied by rheoencephalography (REG), and blood flow data supplied by transcranial dopplerography (TCD), Chest respiratory movements and periphery blood pulsation, taken from finger, to provide information on the nature of cerebral blood flow and the level of Cranial Compliance. Recording the dynamic conditions of brain circulation [...]
Cranial compliance is a measure of the degree to which brain fluids – blood and cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF)- are able to move around within the cranium and so do their work of activating neurons and washing out toxins. The Beckley Foundation has initiated and supported a five-year long programme of research into the subtle interplay [...]
