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·January 29, 2022·3 min read

Breathing: The Master Clock of the Sleeping Brain

During sleep, breathing entrains and coordinates neural activity across the limbic system, and enhances memory consolidation.

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·December 17, 2021·5 min read

Pain and Anxiety Impact Breathing on a Cellular Level

Core neurons in the lateral parabrachial nucleus project to the amygdala, an area of the brain associated with fear and emotional processing of pain. Neurons in the shell project to the pre-Bötzinger complex, a region that generates breathing rhythm. Both core and shell neurons influence each other according to inputs from each area, increasing breathing rate when we are in pain or anxious.

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·October 21, 2021·4 min read

Anxiety Impacts Ability to Perceive Changes in Breathing

People with higher levels of anxiety have altered perceptions of their breathing compared to those with lower levels of anxiety. The altered perception of respiration can lead to an increase in feelings of anxiety, researchers report.

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·October 13, 2021·4 min read

Rare Form of Autism Exhales Secrets of Breathing

Breathing difficulties associated with Pitt Hopkins syndrome, a rare form of autism, have been linked to a specific set of neurons in the brainstem.

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·May 16, 2021·3 min read

Yoga and Breathing Exercises Aid Children With ADHD to Focus

Yoga and breathing training programs can help children with ADHD to focus their attention, a new study reports.

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·December 3, 2020·4 min read

Baby’s First Breath Triggers Life-Saving Changes in the Brain

A baby's first breath triggers a signaling system in the brainstem that helps support early breathing. The findings shed light on how problems with this neuropeptide system can increase the risk of SIDS.

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·November 23, 2020·4 min read

What Do Slight Arm Movements Reveal About Our Breathing and Health?

Minimal arm movements that occur during sleep are better predictors of respiratory rate than ECG wrist monitors, a new study reports.

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·May 11, 2020·3 min read

Breathing and talking contribute to COVID-19 spread

Researchers say that to date, primary transmission methods of concern for coronavirus have been near field transmission via sneezing and coughing, and hand-to-face transportation of the virus after touching infected surfaces. They warn more attention needs to be paid to the inhalation of aerosols generated from breathing and talking.

This shows a woman hooked up to breathing monitors while on an exercise bike

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·April 27, 2020·3 min read

Breathing during exercise is harder for women than men

On average, women have to work harder to breathe during strenuous exercise than men. The findings not only shed light on how sex may affect exercise dynamics but also the differences in how men and women experience airway disorders, such as asthma and COPD.

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·March 24, 2020·2 min read

Lying face down improves breathing in severe COVID-19

A small study of patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms in Wuhan found laying face down was better for the lungs.

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·March 3, 2020·4 min read

How our brains create breathing rhythm is unique to every breath

Each breath begins with hundreds of individual neurons haphazardly firing at low levels, then quickly synchronizing. The synchronization prompts activity that signals diaphragm and chest muscles to contract, causing expansion and inhalation. As the signal subsides, exhalation occurs.