Nathanial.Dread wrote:Sorry, I mean cluster headaches, in which the trigeminal nerve is implicated, I believe.
The trigeminal nerve is implicated in both migraine and cluster headache and in both, as primary conditions, theres no evidence of nerve compression. The root of both ailments is largely related to the pars caudalis of the trigemincervical complex, the part of the trigeminal nerve sensory nucleus which runs from the pons down to about C3-4 of the cervical spine (bit of a mouthful!!). The role of both serotonin and glutamate relates to the effects of receptor agonism on ion channels such as sodium, chloride and calcium which alters membrane potentials across neurones and hence disordered firing.
I am paranoid of my brain. It thinks all the time, even when I'm asleep. My thoughts assail me. Murderous lechers they are. Thought is the assassin of thought. Like a man stabbing himself with one hand while the other hand tries to stop the blade. Like an explosion that destroys the detonator. I am paranoid of my brain. It makes me unsettled and ill at ease. Makes me chase my tail, freezes my eyes and shuts me down. Watches me. Eats my head. It destroys me.