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Bartłomiejczyk P, Llovera Trujillo F, Signerska-Rynkowska J. Analysis of dynamics of a map-based neuron model via Lorenz maps. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2024; 34:043110. [PMID: 38558045 DOI: 10.1063/5.0188464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Modeling nerve cells can facilitate formulating hypotheses about their real behavior and improve understanding of their functioning. In this paper, we study a discrete neuron model introduced by Courbage et al. [Chaos 17, 043109 (2007)], where the originally piecewise linear function defining voltage dynamics is replaced by a cubic polynomial, with an additional parameter responsible for varying the slope. Showing that on a large subset of the multidimensional parameter space, the return map of the voltage dynamics is an expanding Lorenz map, we analyze both chaotic and periodic behavior of the system and describe the complexity of spiking patterns fired by a neuron. This is achieved by using and extending some results from the theory of Lorenz-like and expanding Lorenz mappings.
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- Piotr Bartłomiejczyk
- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics & BioTechMed Centre, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Doctoral School, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics & BioTechMed Centre, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
- Dioscuri Centre in Topological Data Analysis, Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Śniadeckich 8, 00-656 Warsaw, Poland
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Goheen J, Anderson JAE, Zhang J, Northoff G. From Lung to Brain: Respiration Modulates Neural and Mental Activity. Neurosci Bull 2023; 39:1577-1590. [PMID: 37285017 PMCID: PMC10533478 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-023-01070-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
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Respiration protocols have been developed to manipulate mental states, including their use for therapeutic purposes. In this systematic review, we discuss evidence that respiration may play a fundamental role in coordinating neural activity, behavior, and emotion. The main findings are: (1) respiration affects the neural activity of a wide variety of regions in the brain; (2) respiration modulates different frequency ranges in the brain's dynamics; (3) different respiration protocols (spontaneous, hyperventilation, slow or resonance respiration) yield different neural and mental effects; and (4) the effects of respiration on the brain are related to concurrent modulation of biochemical (oxygen delivery, pH) and physiological (cerebral blood flow, heart rate variability) variables. We conclude that respiration may be an integral rhythm of the brain's neural activity. This provides an intimate connection of respiration with neuro-mental features like emotion. A respiratory-neuro-mental connection holds the promise for a brain-based therapeutic usage of respiration in mental disorders.
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- Josh Goheen
- The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1Z 7K4, Canada.
- Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada.
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- Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Center for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1Z 7K4, Canada
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Balsak S, Atasoy B, Donmez Z, Yabul FC, Daşkaya H, Akkoyunlu Y, Yurtsever İ, Sarı L, Sijahovic S, Akcay A, Toluk O, Alkan A. Microstructural alterations in hypoxia-related BRAIN centers after COVID-19 by using DTI: A preliminary study. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND : JCU 2023; 51:1276-1283. [PMID: 37293861 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.23503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate whether the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters alterations in the in hypoxia-related neuroanatomical localizations in patients after COVID-19. Additionally, the relationship between DTI findings and the clinical severity of the disease is evaluated. METHODS The patients with COVID-19 were classified into group 1 (total patients, n = 74), group 2 (outpatient, n = 46), and group 3 (inpatient, n = 28) and control (n = 52). Fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values were calculated from the bulbus, pons, thalamus, caudate nucleus, globus pallidum, putamen, and hippocampus. DTI parameters were compared between groups. Oxygen saturation, D dimer and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) values associated with hypoxia were analyzed in inpatient group. Laboratory findings were correlated with ADC and FA values. RESULTS Increased ADC values in the thalamus, bulbus and pons were found in group 1 compared to control. Increased FA values in the thalamus, bulbus, globus pallidum and putamen were detected in group 1 compared to control. The FA and ADC values obtained from putamen were higher in group 3 compared to group 2. There was a negative correlation between basal ganglia and hippocampus FA values and plasma LDH values. The ADC values obtained from caudate nucleus were positively correlated with plasma D Dimer values. CONCLUSION ADC and FA changes may reveal hypoxia-related microstructural damage after COVID-19 infection. We speculated that the brainstem and basal ganglia can affected during the subacute period.
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- Serdar Balsak
- Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biostatistics, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Cardiorespiratory coupling in mechanically ventilated patients studied via synchrogram analysis. Med Biol Eng Comput 2023; 61:1329-1341. [PMID: 36698031 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-023-02784-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Respiration and cardiac activity are strictly interconnected with reciprocal influences. They act as weakly coupled oscillators showing varying degrees of phase synchronization and their interactions are affected by mechanical ventilation. The study aims at differentiating the impact of three ventilatory modes on the cardiorespiratory phase coupling in critically ill patients. The coupling between respiration and heartbeat was studied through cardiorespiratory phase synchronization analysis carried out via synchrogram during pressure control ventilation (PCV), pressure support ventilation (PSV), and neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) in critically ill patients. Twenty patients were studied under all the three ventilatory modes. Cardiorespiratory phase synchronization changed significantly across ventilatory modes. The highest synchronization degree was found during PCV session, while the lowest one with NAVA. The percentage of all epochs featuring synchronization regardless of the phase locking ratio was higher with PCV (median: 33.9%, first-third quartile: 21.3-39.3) than PSV (median: 15.7%; first-third quartile: 10.9-27.8) and NAVA (median: 3.7%; first-third quartile: 3.3-19.2). PCV induces a significant amount of cardiorespiratory phase synchronization in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients. Synchronization induced by patient-driven ventilatory modes was weaker, reaching the minimum with NAVA. Findings can be explained as a result of the more regular and powerful solicitation of the cardiorespiratory system induced by PCV. The degree of phase synchronization between cardiac and respiratory activities in mechanically ventilated humans depends on the ventilatory mode.
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Respiratory psychophysiology and COVID-19: A research agenda. Biol Psychol 2023; 176:108473. [PMID: 36535514 PMCID: PMC9756651 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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After multiple waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become clear that the impact of SARS-CoV-2 will carry on for years to come. Acutely infected patients show a broad range of disease severity, depending on virus variant, vaccination status, age and the presence of underlying medical and physical conditions, including obesity. Additionally, a large number of patients who have been infected with the virus present with post-COVID syndrome. In September 2020, the International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology organized a virtual interest meeting on 'Respiratory research in the age of COVID-19', which aimed to discuss how research in respiratory psychophysiology could contribute to a better understanding of psychophysiological interactions in COVID-19. In the resulting current paper, we propose an interdisciplinary research agenda discussing selected research questions on acute and long-term neurobiological, physiological and psychological outcomes and mechanisms related to respiration and the airways in COVID-19, as well as research questions on comorbidity and potential treatment options, such as physical rehabilitation.
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Ciumas C, Rheims S, Ryvlin P. fMRI studies evaluating central respiratory control in humans. Front Neural Circuits 2022; 16:982963. [PMID: 36213203 PMCID: PMC9537466 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2022.982963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A plethora of neural centers in the central nervous system control the fundamental respiratory pattern. This control is ensured by neurons that act as pacemakers, modulating activity through chemical control driven by changes in the O2/CO2 balance. Most of the respiratory neural centers are located in the brainstem, but difficult to localize on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) due to their small size, lack of visually-detectable borders with neighboring areas, and significant physiological noise hampering detection of its activity with functional MRI (fMRI). Yet, several approaches make it possible to study the normal response to different abnormal stimuli or conditions such as CO2 inhalation, induced hypercapnia, volitional apnea, induced hypoxia etc. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the majority of available studies on central respiratory control in humans.
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- Carolina Ciumas
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1028/CNRS UMR 5292 Lyon 1 University, Bron, France
- IDEE Epilepsy Institute, Lyon, France
- *Correspondence: Carolina Ciumas
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- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1028/CNRS UMR 5292 Lyon 1 University, Bron, France
- IDEE Epilepsy Institute, Lyon, France
- Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Breathing is a vital rhythmic motor behavior with a surprisingly broad influence on the brain and body. The apparent simplicity of breathing belies a complex neural control system, the breathing central pattern generator (bCPG), that exhibits diverse operational modes to regulate gas exchange and coordinate breathing with an array of behaviors. In this review, we focus on selected advances in our understanding of the bCPG. At the core of the bCPG is the preBötzinger complex (preBötC), which drives inspiratory rhythm via an unexpectedly sophisticated emergent mechanism. Synchronization dynamics underlying preBötC rhythmogenesis imbue the system with robustness and lability. These dynamics are modulated by inputs from throughout the brain and generate rhythmic, patterned activity that is widely distributed. The connectivity and an emerging literature support a link between breathing, emotion, and cognition that is becoming experimentally tractable. These advances bring great potential for elucidating function and dysfunction in breathing and other mammalian neural circuits.
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- Sufyan Ashhad
- Department of Neurobiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA;
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA;
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Palkovic B, Marchenko V, Zuperku EJ, Stuth EAE, Stucke AG. Multi-Level Regulation of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression. Physiology (Bethesda) 2021; 35:391-404. [PMID: 33052772 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00015.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Opioids depress minute ventilation primarily by reducing respiratory rate. This results from direct effects on the preBötzinger Complex as well as from depression of the Parabrachial/Kölliker-Fuse Complex, which provides excitatory drive to preBötzinger Complex neurons mediating respiratory phase-switch. Opioids also depress awake drive from the forebrain and chemodrive.
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- Barbara Palkovic
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Bednarczuk N, Milner A, Greenough A. The Role of Maternal Smoking in Sudden Fetal and Infant Death Pathogenesis. Front Neurol 2020; 11:586068. [PMID: 33193050 PMCID: PMC7644853 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.586068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Maternal smoking is a risk factor for both sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and sudden intrauterine unexplained death syndrome (SIUDS). Both SIDS and SIUDS are more frequently observed in infants of smoking mothers. The global prevalence of smoking during pregnancy is 1.7% and up to 8.1% of women in Europe smoke during pregnancy and worldwide 250 million women smoke during pregnancy. Infants born to mothers who smoke have an abnormal response to hypoxia and hypercarbia and they also have reduced arousal responses. The harmful effects of tobacco smoke are mainly mediated by release of carbon monoxide and nicotine. Nicotine can enter the fetal circulation and affect multiple developing organs including the lungs, adrenal glands and the brain. Abnormalities in brainstem nuclei crucial to respiratory control, the cerebral cortex and the autonomic nervous system have been demonstrated. In addition, hypodevelopment of the intermediolateral nucleus in the spinal cord has been reported. It initiates episodic respiratory movements that facilitate lung development. Furthermore, abnormal maturation and transmitter levels in the carotid bodies have been described which would make infants more vulnerable to hypoxic challenges. Unfortunately, smoking cessation programs do not appear to have significantly reduced the number of pregnant women who smoke.
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- Nadja Bednarczuk
- Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,The Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's & St Thomas' National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Yu J, Wang W, Peng D, Luo J, Xin H, Yu H, Zhang J, Li L, Li H. Intrinsic low-frequency oscillation changes in multiple-frequency bands in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Brain Imaging Behav 2020; 15:1922-1933. [PMID: 32880076 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-020-00385-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Abnormal local spontaneous brain activity during the resting state has been observed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, it is still largely unclear whether the abnormalities are related to specific frequency bands. Our purpose was to explore intrinsic neural activity changes in different frequency bands by using the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) method in stable COPD patients. Nineteen stable COPD patients and twenty gender-, age- and education-matched normal controls (NCs) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging scans, cognitive function tests and lung function tests. Two different frequency bands (slow-4: 0.027-0.073 Hz; slow-5: 0.01-0.027 Hz) were calculated and analyzed for frequency-dependent intrinsic neural activity by using the ALFF method. A two-way analysis of variance test was used to compare the main effects of the groups and the frequency bands in the ALFF method. Further post-hoc t-tests were used to compare the differences between COPD patients and NCs in terms of the different frequency bands. A Pearson's correlation analysis was performed to explore the relationship between the altered ALFF brain areas in the different frequency bands and the clinical evaluations in the COPD patients. There were main effects of the groups including significantly higher ALFF values in the right superior temporal gyrus (STG), the bilateral cerebellum posterior lobe (CPL), the right lingual gyrus (LG) and the right brainstem, and as well as significantly decreased ALFF values in the right inferior parietal lobule (IPL) and the angular. The main effect of frequency was demonstrated in the CPL, the STG, the prefrontal cortex and the middle cingulate gyrus. Furthermore, COPD patients exhibited more widespread alterations in intrinsic brain activity in the slow-5 band than in the slow-4 band. Moreover, the abnormal intrinsic brain activity in the slow-4 and slow-5 bands were associated with PaCO2 in COPD patients. These current results indicated that COPD patients showed abnormal intrinsic brain activity in two different frequency bands, and abnormal intrinsic neuronal activity in different brain regions could be better detected by slow-5 band. These observations may provide a neoteric view into understanding the local neural psychopathology in stable COPD patients.
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- Jingjing Yu
- Department of Respiratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Respiratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangxi Province Medical Imaging Research Institute, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No.17, Yongwai Zheng Street, Donghu District, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangxi Province Medical Imaging Research Institute, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No.17, Yongwai Zheng Street, Donghu District, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangxi Province Medical Imaging Research Institute, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No.17, Yongwai Zheng Street, Donghu District, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangxi Province Medical Imaging Research Institute, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No.17, Yongwai Zheng Street, Donghu District, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases Control, No.239, Gaoxin two road, Qingshanhu District, Nanchang, 330096, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Radiology, Jiangxi Province Medical Imaging Research Institute, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No.17, Yongwai Zheng Street, Donghu District, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.
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Prabhakar A, Sivadasan A, Shaikh A, Aaron S, Benjamin R, Mani AM, Mathew V. Network Localization of Central Hypoventilation Syndrome in Lateral Medullary Infarction. J Neuroimaging 2020; 30:875-881. [DOI: 10.1111/jon.12765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Department of Neurological Sciences Christian Medical College Vellore India
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- Department of Neurological Sciences Christian Medical College Vellore India
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- Department of Neurological Sciences Christian Medical College Vellore India
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- Department of Neurological Sciences Christian Medical College Vellore India
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- Department of Neurological Sciences Christian Medical College Vellore India
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- Department of Neurological Sciences Christian Medical College Vellore India
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Nonlinear analysis of electrodermal activity signals for healthy subjects and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE 2018; 41:487-494. [PMID: 29774461 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-018-0649-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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It is known that signals recorded from physiological systems represent nonlinear features. Several recent studies report that quantitative information about signal complexity is obtained by using nonlinear analysis algorithms. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the causes of mortality worldwide with an increasing prevalence. This study aims to investigate nonlinear parameters such as largest Lyapunov exponent (LLE) and correlation dimension of electrodermal activity signals recorded from healthy subjects and patients with COPD. Electrodermal activity signals recorded from 14 healthy subjects and 24 patients with COPD were analysed. Auditory and tactile stimuli were applied at different time intervals during the recording process. Signals were reconstructed in the phase space compatible with theory and LLE and correlation dimension values were calculated. Statistical analysis was performed by using Shapiro-Wilk normality test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Bonferroni post-test and Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric test. It was determined that the chaoticity and the complexity of the system increased in the presence of COPD. The systematic auditory stimuli increases chaoticity more than random auditory stimuli. Furthermore it was observed that participants develop habituation to the same auditory stimuli in time. There is no significant difference between COPD groups. Different results were found for the tactile stimuli applied to right or left ear. The results revealed that the nonlinear analysis of physiological data can be used for the development of new strategies for the diagnosis of chronic diseases.
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Wang W, Li H, Peng D, Luo J, Xin H, Yu H, Yu J. Abnormal intrinsic brain activities in stable patients with COPD: a resting-state functional MRI study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2018; 14:2763-2772. [PMID: 30425494 PMCID: PMC6200435 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s180325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The majority of previous neuroimaging studies have reported both structural and functional changes in COPD, whereas the intrinsic low-frequency oscillations changes and the relationship between the abnormal brain regions and the clinical performances remain unknown. The present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the intrinsic brain activity in COPD patients using the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) method. METHODS All participants, including 19 stable patients with COPD and 20 normal controls (NCs) matched in age, sex, and education, underwent resting-state functional MRI scans and performed cognitive function tests and respiratory functions tests. The local spontaneous brain activity was examined using the voxel-wise ALFF. Pearson's correlation analysis was used to investigate the relationships between the brain regions with altered ALFF signal values and the clinical features in COPD patients. RESULTS Compared with the NCs, COPD patients showed significantly lower cognitive function scores. Also, lower ALFF areas in the cluster of the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) and precuneus, as well as a higher ALFF area in the brainstem were also found in COPD patients. The mean ALFF values in the PCC, precuneus, and brainstem showed high sensitivity and specificity in operating characteristic curves analysis, which might have the ability to distinguish COPD from NCs. Meanwhile, the mean signal values of the lower ALFF cluster displayed significant positive correlations with FEV1/FVC proportion and significant negative correlation with PaCO2; the higher ALFF cluster showed significant positive correlation with FEV1 proportion in COPD. CONCLUSION According to the results of the present study, the COPD patients showed abnormal intrinsic brain activities in the precuneus, PCC, and brainstem, which might provide useful information to better understand the underlying pathophysiology of cognitive impairment.
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- Wenjing Wang
- Department of Respiratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Respiratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Respiratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,
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Respiratory functional and motor control deficits in children with spinal cord injury. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2017; 247:174-180. [PMID: 29107737 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Children with spinal cord injury (SCI) are at high risk for developing complications due to respiratory motor control deficits. However, underlying mechanisms of these abnormalities with respect to age, development, and injury characteristics are unclear. To evaluate the effect of SCI and age on respiratory motor control in children with SCI, we compared pulmonary function and respiratory motor control outcome measures in healthy typically developing (TD) children to age-matched children with chronic SCI. We hypothesized that the deficits in respiratory functional performance in children with SCI are due to the abnormal and age-dependent respiratory muscle activation patterns. Fourteen TD (age 7±2 yrs., Mean±SD) and twelve children with SCI (age 6±1 yrs.) were evaluated by assessing Forced Vital Capacity (FVC); Forced Expiratory Volume in 1sec (FEV1); and respiratory electromyographic activity during maximum inspiratory and maximum expiratory airway pressure measurements (PImax and PEmax). The results indicate a significant reduction (p<.01) of FVC, FEV1 and PEmax values in children with SCI compared to TD controls. During PEmax assessment, children with SCI produced significantly decreased (p<.01) activation of respiratory muscles below the neurological level of injury (rectus abdominous and external oblique muscles). In addition, children with SCI had significantly increased (p<.05) compensatory muscle activation above the level of injury (upper trapezius muscle). In the TD group, age, height, and weight significantly (p<.05) contributed towards increase in FVC and FEV1. In children with SCI, only age was significantly (p<.05) correlated with FVC and FEV1 values. These findings indicate the degree of SCI-induced respiratory functional and motor control deficits in children are age-dependent.
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Tipton MJ, Harper A, Paton JFR, Costello JT. The human ventilatory response to stress: rate or depth? J Physiol 2017. [PMID: 28650070 DOI: 10.1113/jp274596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Many stressors cause an increase in ventilation in humans. This is predominantly reported as an increase in minute ventilation (V̇E). But, the same V̇E can be achieved by a wide variety of changes in the depth (tidal volume, VT ) and number of breaths (respiratory frequency, ƒR ). This review investigates the impact of stressors including: cold, heat, hypoxia, pain and panic on the contributions of ƒR and VT to V̇E to see if they differ with different stressors. Where possible we also consider the potential mechanisms that underpin the responses identified, and propose mechanisms by which differences in ƒR and VT are mediated. Our aim being to consider if there is an overall differential control of ƒR and VT that applies in a wide range of conditions. We consider moderating factors, including exercise, sex, intensity and duration of stimuli. For the stressors reviewed, as the stress becomes extreme V̇E generally becomes increased more by ƒR than VT . We also present some tentative evidence that the pattern of ƒR and VT could provide some useful diagnostic information for a variety of clinical conditions. In The Physiological Society's year of 'Making Sense of Stress', this review has wide-ranging implications that are not limited to one discipline, but are integrative and relevant for physiology, psychophysiology, neuroscience and pathophysiology.
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- Michael J Tipton
- Extreme Environments Laboratory, Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2ER, UK
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- Clinical Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK
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- School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, University Walk, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- Extreme Environments Laboratory, Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2ER, UK
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Samson N, Praud JP, Quenet B, Similowski T, Straus C. New insights into sucking, swallowing and breathing central generators: A complexity analysis of rhythmic motor behaviors. Neurosci Lett 2016; 638:90-95. [PMID: 27956236 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Revised: 11/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sucking, swallowing and breathing are dynamic motor behaviors. Breathing displays features of chaos-like dynamics, in particular nonlinearity and complexity, which take their source in the automatic command of breathing. In contrast, buccal/gill ventilation in amphibians is one of the rare motor behaviors that do not display nonlinear complexity. This study aimed at assessing whether sucking and swallowing would also follow nonlinear complex dynamics in the newborn lamb. Breathing movements were recorded before, during and after bottle-feeding. Sucking pressure and the integrated EMG of the thyroartenoid muscle, as an index of swallowing, were recorded during bottle-feeding. Nonlinear complexity of the whole signals was assessed through the calculation of the noise limit value (NL). Breathing and swallowing always exhibited chaos-like dynamics. The NL of breathing did not change significantly before, during or after bottle-feeding. On the other hand, sucking inconsistently and significantly less frequently than breathing exhibited a chaos-like dynamics. Therefore, the central pattern generator (CPG) that drives sucking may be functionally different from the breathing CPG. Furthermore, the analogy between buccal/gill ventilation and sucking suggests that the latter may take its phylogenetic origin in the gill ventilation CPG of the common ancestor of extant amphibians and mammals.
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- Nathalie Samson
- Neonatal Respiratory Research Unit, Department of Pediatric and Pharmacology-Physiology, Université de Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada
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- Neonatal Respiratory Research Unit, Department of Pediatric and Pharmacology-Physiology, Université de Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMRS1158 Neurophysiologie respiratoire expérimentale et clinique, Paris, France; Equipe de Statistique Appliquée ESPCI-Paris, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMRS1158 Neurophysiologie respiratoire expérimentale et clinique, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale (Département R3S), F-75013, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMRS1158 Neurophysiologie respiratoire expérimentale et clinique, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles de la Respiration, de l'Exercice et de la Dyspnée (Département R3S), F-75013, Paris, France.
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Nardone R, Zuccoli G, Brigo F, Trinka E, Fitzgerald RT. Seronegative neuromyelitis optica presenting with life-threatening respiratory failure. J Spinal Cord Med 2016; 39:734-736. [PMID: 26679536 PMCID: PMC5137568 DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2015.1101984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Dyspnea has rarely been reported as a presenting symptom in patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO). We report an unusual case of NMO relapse presenting with rapidly progressive respiratory failure and briefly discuss the possible pathophysiological mechanisms of this potential life-threatening complication of NMO. FINDINGS The 58-year-old woman with a history of bilateral optic neuritis presented to the emergency department with rapidly worsening dyspnea. Cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging showed extensive abnormal signal with involvement of the medulla oblongata. Since in our patient chest radiography failed to disclose a diaphragmatic palsy that is commonly observed in patients with phrenic nerve involvement, this acute manifestation of the disease may be attributed to brainstem involvement instead of cervical myelitis. CONCLUSION/CLINICAL RELEVANCE Clinicians should be aware of this atypical presentation of NMO, which needs to be promptly recognized and aggressively treated.
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- Raffaele Nardone
- Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria,Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Merano, Italy,Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria,Correspondence to: Raffaele Nardone, Department of Neurology – “F. Tappeiner” Hospital – Meran/o, Via Rossini, 5, 39012 Meran/o (BZ) – Italy.
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- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Merano, Italy,Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria,Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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Yu L, De Mazancourt M, Hess A, Ashadi FR, Klein I, Mal H, Courbage M, Mangin L. Functional connectivity and information flow of the respiratory neural network in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Hum Brain Mapp 2016; 37:2736-54. [PMID: 27059277 PMCID: PMC5071657 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Breathing involves a complex interplay between the brainstem automatic network and cortical voluntary command. How these brain regions communicate at rest or during inspiratory loading is unknown. This issue is crucial for several reasons: (i) increased respiratory loading is a major feature of several respiratory diseases, (ii) failure of the voluntary motor and cortical sensory processing drives is among the mechanisms that precede acute respiratory failure, (iii) several cerebral structures involved in responding to inspiratory loading participate in the perception of dyspnea, a distressing symptom in many disease. We studied functional connectivity and Granger causality of the respiratory network in controls and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), at rest and during inspiratory loading. Compared with those of controls, the motor cortex area of patients exhibited decreased connectivity with their contralateral counterparts and no connectivity with the brainstem. In the patients, the information flow was reversed at rest with the source of the network shifted from the medulla towards the motor cortex. During inspiratory loading, the system was overwhelmed and the motor cortex became the sink of the network. This major finding may help to understand why some patients with COPD are prone to acute respiratory failure. Network connectivity and causality were related to lung function and illness severity. We validated our connectivity and causality results with a mathematical model of neural network. Our findings suggest a new therapeutic strategy involving the modulation of brain activity to increase motor cortex functional connectivity and improve respiratory muscles performance in patients. Hum Brain Mapp 37:2736–2754, 2016. © 2016 The Authors Human Brain Mapping Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Lianchun Yu
- Department of PhysicsMatter and Complex Systems Research Laboratory, UMR 7057, CNRSParis 7 UniversityFrance
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Lanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- Department of PhysicsMatter and Complex Systems Research Laboratory, UMR 7057, CNRSParis 7 UniversityFrance
- Ecole Normale SupérieureParisFrance
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- Neuroradiology DepartmentAPHP, Hôpital BichatFrance
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- Department of PhysicsMatter and Complex Systems Research Laboratory, UMR 7057, CNRSParis 7 UniversityFrance
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- Respiratory Disease DepartmentAPHP, Hôpital BichatFrance
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- Department of PhysicsMatter and Complex Systems Research Laboratory, UMR 7057, CNRSParis 7 UniversityFrance
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- Department of PhysicsMatter and Complex Systems Research Laboratory, UMR 7057, CNRSParis 7 UniversityFrance
- Department of PhysiologyAPHP, Hôpital BichatFrance
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Ranohavimparany A, Bautin N, Fiamma MN, Similowski T, Straus C. Source of ventilatory complexity in the postmetamorphic tadpole brainstem, Pelophylax ridibundus: A pharmacological study. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2016; 224:27-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2014.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Johnson MJ, Simpson MIG, Currow DC, Millman RE, Hart SP, Green G. Magnetoencephalography to investigate central perception of exercise-induced breathlessness in people with chronic lung disease: a feasibility pilot. BMJ Open 2015; 5:e007535. [PMID: 26063567 PMCID: PMC4574009 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Neuroimaging in chronic breathlessness is challenging. The study objective was to test the feasibility of magnetoencephalography (MEG) for functional neuroimaging of people with chronic breathlessness. DESIGN Feasibility pilot study. SETTING Respiratory clinic out-patients. PARTICIPANTS 8 patients (mean age=62; (range 47-83); 4 men) with chronic non-malignant lung disease; modified MRC breathlessness score ≥ (median mMRC=4), intensity of exercise-induced breathlessness >3/10; no contraindication to MRI scanning. METHODS AND MEASURES 4 MEG scans were conducted for each participant: (1) at rest (5 mins), (2) postseated leg exercise-induced breathlessness during recovery (10 mins). Recovery scans (2) were conducted with/without facial airflow in random order; both scans were repeated 1 h later. Participants rated breathlessness intensity (0-10 Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)) at baseline, maximal exertion and every minute during recovery, and rated acceptability of study procedures at the end of the study (0-10 NRS). A structural MRI scan was conducted for MEG coregistration and source-space analyses. Rest data were compared with data from healthy volunteers (N=6; 5 men; mean age=30.7 years ± 3.9 years). RESULTS Exercises and MEG scanning were acceptable to all participants; 7/8 completed the MRI scans. Maximum breathlessness intensity was induced by 5 min' exercise. The same level was induced for repeat scans (median=8; IQR=7-8). All recovered to baseline by 10 min. Time-frequency profiles of data from the first and last 3 min were analysed in MEG source space based on breathlessness location estimates. Source localisation was performed, but anatomical source inference was limited to the level of the lobe. Differences in areas of activity were seen: during recovery scans; with and without airflow; and between participants/normal volunteers at rest. CONCLUSIONS MEG is a feasible method to investigate exercise-induced breathlessness in people breathless with chronic lung disease, and able to identify neural activity related to changes in breathlessness.
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- Discipline, Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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- Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
- York Neuroimaging Centre, University of York, York, UK
- Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK
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Does trans-spinal direct current stimulation alter phrenic motoneurons and respiratory neuromechanical outputs in humans? A double-blind, sham-controlled, randomized, crossover study. J Neurosci 2015; 34:14420-9. [PMID: 25339753 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1288-14.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Although compelling evidence has demonstrated considerable neuroplasticity in the respiratory control system, few studies have explored the possibility of altering descending projections to phrenic motoneurons (PMNs) using noninvasive stimulation protocols. The present study was designed to investigate the immediate and long-lasting effects of a single session of transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS), a promising technique for modulating spinal cord functions, on descending ventilatory commands in healthy humans. Using a double-blind, controlled, randomized, crossover approach, we examined the effects of anodal, cathodal, and sham tsDCS delivered to the C3-C5 level on (1) diaphragm motor-evoked potentials (DiMEPs) elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation and (2) spontaneous ventilation, as measured by respiratory inductance plethysmography. Both anodal and cathodal tsDCS induced a progressive increase in DiMEP amplitude during stimulation that persisted for at least 15 min after current offset. Interestingly, cathodal, but not anodal, tsDCS induced a persistent increase in tidal volume. In addition, (1) short-interval intracortical inhibition, (2) nonlinear complexity of the tidal volume signal (related to medullary ventilatory command), (3) autonomic function, and (4) compound muscle action potentials evoked by cervical magnetic stimulation were unaffected by tsDCS. This suggests that tsDCS-induced aftereffects did not occur at brainstem or cortical levels and were likely not attributable to direct polarization of cranial nerves or ventral roots. Instead, we argue that tsDCS could induce sustained changes in PMN output. Increased tidal volume after cathodal tsDCS opens up the perspective of harnessing respiratory neuroplasticity as a therapeutic tool for the management of several respiratory disorders.
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Jerath R, Crawford MW, Barnes VA, Harden K. Widespread depolarization during expiration: A source of respiratory drive? Med Hypotheses 2015; 84:31-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Revised: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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