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Volume 7 Journal of Pain & Relief
ISSN: 2167-0846 Pain Management 2018
October 11-12, 2018
October 11-12, 2018 | Zurich, Switzerland
7th International Conference and Exhibition on
Pain Research and Management
Dynamic functional cranial nerve assessment tool
Lois Laynee
Concussion Recovery Center & Restorative Breathing, USA
Statement of the Problem: Chronic pain has a variety of causes, ranging from an initial injury or an ongoing illness, but
there may also be no clear cause. Because of this, chronic pain can be very hard to treat and can have negative impacts on the
patient’s lifestyle. Presently there are many baselines for creating a diagnosis as the symptoms can be elusive. Following the
patient’s symptoms can contribute to the perception of always chasing the pain. Since pain fibers create signals, the inclusivity
of a traditional neurological assessment could reveal information to improve the accuracy of diagnosis. Returning to a cranial
nerve assessment can offer brainstem input as to its role in deciphering sign and symptoms. This elucidates the new concept
that each brain has it’s own unique sensory map which can be identified non-invasively through a Dynamic Functional Cranial
Nerve Assessment Tool (DFCNAT). Typically, the DFCNAT reveals mis-mapping in the sensory cortex to some degree.
This mis-mapping evokes inaccurate sensory topography, with inaccurate feedback loops. The reentrant signaling does not
equate to the motor map, the inhibitory system is abnormal and the cortical dimension will exhibit asymmetrical, inaccurate
neuromodulation. Thus the chronic pain cycle is not discovered as to the abordant signal location.
Literature Review: Multiple recent studies have demonstrated somatosensory mis-mapping due to chronic pain1,2, surgery2,
trauma3,5, amputation4, and palsy6.
Conclusion & Significance: With the DFCNAT locating the dysfunction cranial nerve and its mis mapping, noninvasive
resynchronization with non-noxious inputs to the sensory cortex will override the mis mapping and mis signaling. Results to
be more fully researched can offer brain/body systems therapeutic interventions at all ages.
Recent Publications:
1. Woojin Kim. Sn Kwang Kim & Junichi Mabekura, Functional and structural plasticity in the primary somatosensory
cortex associated with chronic pain, journal of Neurochemistry, 141, 4,(499-506), (2017)
2. Chapman, CR & Vierck, CJ, The Tranistion of Acute Postoperative Pain to Chronic Pain: An integrative overview of
research on Mechanisms, The Journal of Pain, 10.1016/j.pain.2016.11.004, 18, 4, (359.e1-359), (2017)
3. Bjorkman, A & Weibull, Loss of inhibition in somatosensory areas following altered afferent nerve signaling from the
hand, Neuroscience Reserach (2017)
4. D’Alonzo, M. et al, Electro-cutaneous stimulation on the palm elicits referred sensations on intact but not on amputated
digits, Journal of Neural Engineering, 15, 1, (016003), (2018)
5. Kraft, AW, et al, Sensor deprivation after focal ischemia in mice accelerates brain remapping and improves functional
recovery through arc-dependent synaptic plasticity, Science Tranlational Medcinie, 10, 426,(eaag1328), (2018)
6. Papadelis, C, et al, Reorganization of the somatosensory cortex in hemiplegic cerebral palsy associated with impaired
sensory tracts, NeuroImage: Clinical, 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.10.021, 1, (198-212), (2018).
Biography
Lois Laynee is a dynamic pioneer and passionate lecturer in the fields of Education, Sleep, Scar Release Healing, Cranio Facial Neuro development, and
concussion/TBI. Her work with the Laynee Restorative Breathing Method™ and Dynamic Functional Cranial Nerve Assessment Tool™ are leading to better
recovery rates from brain injury.
Lois Laynee, J Pain Relief 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0846-C1-020