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Well for one thing, the Index finger and pinky are affected by muscle tension when moving fingers. ... Is there a signal relay of some sorts passing information from the Occipital Lobes to the Temporal Lobes, or even visa versa ?, For example, there is obvious correlation between the Occipital & Frontal !

Or even between the Occipital lobe & Temporal lobes ?

Hi, I will be very specific ... Is there a relationship / correlation between the Parietal lobe & the Temporal lobes ? (inc. via parts) thanks in advance, although I hope there is a specific answer

Thanks, I shall read it !

Thanks for the help !

Referring to this ... http://www.nervous-s...l-stenosis.html It mentions it is because of a blockage that there is increase in the Ventricles, and a symptom being a headache. Unless I'm not explaining myself properly, I don't think what I am suggesting is the same. The expansion in the area of the Ventricles causing them to enlarge does not mean a blockage, more the other way around and would therefore increase the flow not decrease it. Outward pressure not inward. This causing loss of relativity, so all connections are not tight / together. Would cause a certain amount of, as such pardon my metaphor, spatial drift. Even affecting the physical integrity of cells. I almost any case with someone having a Tumor, there are usually many free radicles already in the body thus causing nausea.

Your not wrong, it is my own opinion ! Which is why I need to read more into the matter. As I said "I'm not knowledgeable to use that as a statement". I am definitely not looking at development of the body as to onset of Schizophrenia, nor am I relating Hallucinations. More to the problems of lack of conscious behavior. What I'm suggesting is not a recognized cause of Schizophrenia, but I feel too strongly that it is important not to disregard that it is legitimate enough for being a theory. Personally I'm the one trying to research other possible causes. If the Ventricles are inflated because of a small amount of pressure thus having some affect on the area of the Hippocampus & Thalamus, what other effects would there be on the rest of that area that are not normal symptoms of Schizophrenia ?

I'm getting mixed messages here... Simply and bluntly, is this idea enough to establish a theory to observe ? Personally I don't think the Cortical cells are entirely the reason of other symptoms of Schizophrenia if they mainly relate to visual input and interpretation, but then I'm not knowledgeable to use that as a statement. Is there any easy to read through info on the matter ? Spanning out from the center as if a fall-off of the pressure, so it not necessarily affecting the entire brain. But then again if the whole of the (mainly) center region were under the affect of pressure, I guess there would be a great deal of problems caused by this. I can only guess it must be in phase at a particular frequency that narrows down to being mostly relative to conscious behavior. But I still stand by the point that enlarged Ventricles being a space greatly of oxygen and liquid therefore easily affected by an amount of pressure causing an expansion. Also I don't know anything about density of the various elements of the central region of the brain.

I'm trying not to refer directly to Hallucinations myself, there are a number of things that could cause it. Would the disruption of the Thalamus lead to loss of concentration and periods of time where the persons would be somewhat unaware of ? To me it all describes the disfunction of someone who has symptoms being Schizophrenia. The area occupied by CSF would be more susceptible to larger increase, and the more solid matter if the expansion is not a great amount of pressure would be almost unseeable but still enough to distort the signal of the neurons. I'm unaware of a fluctuation of size however, but at times the symptoms to increase.

I'm not sure if I've got this right ?... 1st) The Cortical Cells, act as message interpreters from an electrical signal holding the information to a recognizable imagery that the mind can work with, of a specified frequency, mainly the Parietal and Occipital lobes ? The Parietal lobe works with visuospatial information, and also therefore navigation. Although what it has to do with memory I'm not entirely sure, or other disorders not so pinpointed to temporary navigation. 2) Are you focusing on the Hallucination effects of this loss of Cortical activity ? There is also pathological affect of the Anterior Communicating artery, which can cause visual field defects and the frontal lobe.

It's as if your mind when quiet refers to something of interest and pass time, unfortunately it won't rest until you have made a guess, also will last until you are either sure and give up or just give up. Testing the limits of the layout itself, to find how much of a high or low there is and your approximate where-abouts within the limits, what you settle for. It's a positive symptom of a curios mind ! or it's detached from you and is charting space, although I think it's best to stick with the first diagnosis. Have you tried anything similar ? "free your mind neo", or just work with it ;-p

So I guess your saying it's the other way around, the Ventricles are affected last ?

I will try to be more precise... The Ventricles is the very middle of the brain to the midbrain area, not extending further to the spinal cord. Mainly surrounding the Hippocampus / Thalamus etc. in this area the Ventricles are enlarged. I'm not regarding a persons likeliness to develop Schizophrenia however. More to the point in this area without knowing what causes the expansion in the first place, though there must be some affect on that area of the brain because of this. This being a long shot, As a hypothesis... Spatial navigation / routine tasks / memory / ability to stay concentrated / lack of response etc. which are all symptoms of Schizophrenia. More intensely Psychosis having very similar symptoms but there is the disruption on perception of reality. Also Bi-polar sharing similar symptoms of Schizophrenia & Psychosis. All these conditions have, but not in all cases, the enlargement of the Ventricles. The hypothesis being, from a different point of entry to the subject matter, not being a condition of the physical matter of the brain itself, but more so the spacial area that the brain occupies. What if there is something that causes expansion of volume in that localized area. For example, as a container is filled by a liquid, and more liquid was added, the volume content of the container would increase. Therefore an occupied area with an additional substance would increase in mass. A normally tightly knit network (the brain), its mass being affected and expanded (by the anomaly), therefore which then the affect being slightly detached relativity, would cause some loss of communication ?

Unfortunately I don't have a good understanding of Neuro-biology, so I'm not too clued on what exactly you mean. When gown enough after being a fetus the gray cells are created on site ? Or do you mean as a child grows if not correctly then there are these side effects ? If I'm not mistaken, there is neuro-communication in the Hippocampus and the Thalamus ? Also an area greatly covered by Ventricles. I am wondering once again if there is any affect by the enlarged Ventricles ?

I should probably try searching with Google more, but I like to ask people questions... Since I noticed that a large number of Schizophrenia & Bi-Polar patients have enlarged Ventricles in the MidBrain area. I'm trying to narrow down on what the affects of this itself has on patients with Schizophrenia etc. Is there any helpful info on this subject ? More specifically, if there is any affect on the neurons

I'm not referring, to the "reptilian brain", Olfaction / Emotion etc., none of the stimulated senses. I know there are different comprehensions of the brain, when do tasks such as Art / Poetry etc. etc. and I'm not meaning a detailed analyses of surroundings either. With the "God spot", are you referring to the area just above the left Temporal lobe ?, when stimulated can cause an experience of elevation and slight outer body experiences. When I mention feelings or the temporary comprehension of an existence such as heaven, I will try and summarize... As I have mentioned on a dull day / a dull point in life, there is no as such glow or radiant beauty of a persons surroundings, as opposed to e.g. after meditation or something that stimulates the senses but the senses themselves being arbitrary, there is radiant beauty of life in general. I'm referring mostly to the attachment of imagination to the immediate surroundings. For example visiting an old place of a treasured memory, the mind maps out the memories around the person's location.

I guess mainly the imagination cognition in the Prefrontal Cortex is decisive, based on next step interaction, which is in relativity to a persons surroundings but is mainly localized to the area of the head where the decisions of the surroundings takes place ? The Occipital lobe as related to the processing of vision, gathers the information and processes a persons surroundings itself. Which is near enough what I'm trying to focus to, but still there could be alternatives. I guess the best example is thinking of Heaven & the beauty of flowers, when life is dull everything around also looks dull but on a brighter side of life there is highlighted beauty all around. I hope that makes sense

I think there has been topics like this before but slightly different... I'm trying to find the main area of the brain that is linked to imagination. What I mean by that is, our everyday life style e.g. places we go / designs we see (clothing of shops etc.) / and even thinking of Heaven, looking at flowers and maybe even also occasions like Halloween. Our general visual perspective. As I have read that the occipital lobe is an area that affects our sleep / dream state. Also the Thalamus relating to visual interpretation and consciousness. But I am trying to pin point very specifically ! As above, people are either grounded in vivid reality or very imaginative with their visual surroundings. Can anyone help find what does this ?

Hi, I'm new at all this but I have a growing interest in Physiology, and have a question... In relation to the central system (Limbic), does the Pituitary receive signals last and then reciprocate ? At a glance, the Pituitary hangs in relation to the Hypothalamus which is connected to the rest of the central system mainly being the Thalamus and Hippocampus, including optics and frontal lobe etc. But my question being, could the connection with the Amygdala / Hippocampus & Thalamus be described as a pre-cognition to the Pituitary ?