Sentences with phrase «cerebellar vermis»

Dogs with round cerebellum shape and no evidence of narrowing or obstruction of the CSF channels were defined as unaffected, dogs with indentation of the cerebellum by the supraoccipital bone and a narrowed but not obstructed CSF channel (signal consistent with CSF between the caudal vermis and the foramen magnum) were defined as mild CM and dogs where the cerebellar vermis is impacted into or herniated through the foramen magnum were defined as affected.

It has also been noted on post-mortem examination of CKCS and other small breed dogs that the supraoccipital bone overlying the cerebellar vermis is remarkably thin and sometimes eroded so that the foramen magnum is enlarged dorsally [23], which could indicate that there has been substantial bone resorbtion.

The cerebellar vermis may be partially or completely absent.

A selective hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis is also seen in dogs, and when combined with hydrocephalus and cyst - like dilatation of the fourth ventricle, the condition has been termed the Dandy - Walker syndrome, which may have a familial basis.

The tumors tend to bulge into the fourth ventricle, often replacing part of the cerebellar vermis and compressing the midbrain rostrally and the brain stem ventrally.

Decompression or widening of the back of the skull is believed to impove CSF flow and lessen the impact on the descending cerebellar vermis.

The decreased blood flow in the following six regions of the brain were the most important in determining who had football related health trauma: anterior superior temporal lobes, rolandic operculum, insula, superior temporal poles, precuneus and, cerebellar vermis.