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Experiments show that, at a local amplitude minimum, the ICP pulse normally precedes the arterial blood pressure (ABP) pulse, and the cranium is a band-stop filter centered at the heart rate for the ICP pulse with respect to the ABP pulse, which is the cerebral windkessel mechanism. These observations are inconsistent with existing pressure-volume models.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>To explore these issues, the authors modeled the ABP and ICP pulses by using a simple electrical tank circuit, and they compared the dynamics of the circuit to physiological data from dogs by using autoregressive with exogenous inputs (ARX) modeling.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The authors\u2019 ARX analysis showed close agreement between the circuit and pulse suppression in the canine cranium, and they used the analogy between the circuit and the cranium to examine the dynamics that underlie this pulse suppression.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This correspondence between physiological data and circuit dynamics suggests that the cerebral windkessel consists of the rhythmic motion of the brain parenchyma and CSF that continuously opposes systolic and diastolic blood flow. Such motion has been documented with flow-sensitive MRI. In thermodynamic terms, the direct current (DC) power of cerebral arterial perfusion drives smooth capillary flow and alternating current (AC) power shunts pulsatile energy through the CSF to the veins. This suggests that hydrocephalus and related disorders are disorders of CSF path impedance. Obstructive hydrocephalus is the consequence of high CSF path impedance due to high resistance. Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is the consequence of high CSF path impedance due to low inertance and high compliance. Low-pressure hydrocephalus is the consequence of high CSF path impedance due to high resistance and high compliance. Ventriculomegaly is an adaptive physiological response that increases CSF path volume and thereby reduces CSF path resistance and impedance. Pseudotumor cerebri is the consequence of high DC power with normal CSF path impedance. CSF diversion by shunting is an accessory windkessel\u2014it drains energy (and thereby lowers ICP) and lowers CSF path resistance and impedance. Cushing\u2019s reflex is an accessory windkessel in extremis\u2014it maintains DC power (arterial hypertension) and reduces AC power (bradycardia). The windkessel theory is a thermodynamic approach to the study of energy flow through the cranium, and it points to a new understanding of hydrocephalus and related disorders.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2023.1.peds22372","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,24]],"date-time":"2023-06-24T22:39:41Z","timestamp":1687646381000},"page":"302-311","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["A quantitative model of the cerebral windkessel and its relevance to disorders of intracranial dynamics"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Michael","family":"Egnor","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liu","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Racheed M.","family":"Mani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susan M.","family":"Fiore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Petar M.","family":"Djuri\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"8","key":"b1","series-title":"J Cereb Blood Flow Metab","first-page":"1338","article-title":"Monro-Kellie 2.0: the dynamic vascular and venous pathophysiological components of intracranial pressure","volume":"36","author":"Wilson MH","year":"2016","unstructured":"Wilson MH. 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