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Slow Breathing and Hypoxic Challenge: Cardiorespiratory Consequences and Their Central Neural Substrates
Controlled slow breathing (at 6/min, a rate frequently adopted during yoga practice) can benefit cardiovascular function, including responses to hypoxia. We tested the neural substrates of cardiorespiratory control in humans during volitional controlled breathing and hypoxic challenge using function...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4431729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25973923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127082 |
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author | Critchley, Hugo D. Nicotra, Alessia Chiesa, Patrizia A. Nagai, Yoko Gray, Marcus A. Minati, Ludovico Bernardi, Luciano |
author_facet | Critchley, Hugo D. Nicotra, Alessia Chiesa, Patrizia A. Nagai, Yoko Gray, Marcus A. Minati, Ludovico Bernardi, Luciano |
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description | Controlled slow breathing (at 6/min, a rate frequently adopted during yoga practice) can benefit cardiovascular function, including responses to hypoxia. We tested the neural substrates of cardiorespiratory control in humans during volitional controlled breathing and hypoxic challenge using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Twenty healthy volunteers were scanned during paced (slow and normal rate) breathing and during spontaneous breathing of normoxic and hypoxic (13% inspired O(2)) air. Cardiovascular and respiratory measures were acquired concurrently, including beat-to-beat blood pressure from a subset of participants (N = 7). Slow breathing was associated with increased tidal ventilatory volume. Induced hypoxia raised heart rate and suppressed heart rate variability. Within the brain, slow breathing activated dorsal pons, periaqueductal grey matter, cerebellum, hypothalamus, thalamus and lateral and anterior insular cortices. Blocks of hypoxia activated mid pons, bilateral amygdalae, anterior insular and occipitotemporal cortices. Interaction between slow breathing and hypoxia was expressed in ventral striatal and frontal polar activity. Across conditions, within brainstem, dorsal medullary and pontine activity correlated with tidal volume and inversely with heart rate. Activity in rostroventral medulla correlated with beat-to-beat blood pressure and heart rate variability. Widespread insula and striatal activity tracked decreases in heart rate, while subregions of insular cortex correlated with momentary increases in tidal volume. Our findings define slow breathing effects on central and cardiovascular responses to hypoxic challenge. They highlight the recruitment of discrete brainstem nuclei to cardiorespiratory control, and the engagement of corticostriatal circuitry in support of physiological responses that accompany breathing regulation during hypoxic challenge. |
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spelling | pubmed-44317292015-05-27 Slow Breathing and Hypoxic Challenge: Cardiorespiratory Consequences and Their Central Neural Substrates Critchley, Hugo D. Nicotra, Alessia Chiesa, Patrizia A. Nagai, Yoko Gray, Marcus A. Minati, Ludovico Bernardi, Luciano PLoS One Research Article Controlled slow breathing (at 6/min, a rate frequently adopted during yoga practice) can benefit cardiovascular function, including responses to hypoxia. We tested the neural substrates of cardiorespiratory control in humans during volitional controlled breathing and hypoxic challenge using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Twenty healthy volunteers were scanned during paced (slow and normal rate) breathing and during spontaneous breathing of normoxic and hypoxic (13% inspired O(2)) air. Cardiovascular and respiratory measures were acquired concurrently, including beat-to-beat blood pressure from a subset of participants (N = 7). Slow breathing was associated with increased tidal ventilatory volume. Induced hypoxia raised heart rate and suppressed heart rate variability. Within the brain, slow breathing activated dorsal pons, periaqueductal grey matter, cerebellum, hypothalamus, thalamus and lateral and anterior insular cortices. Blocks of hypoxia activated mid pons, bilateral amygdalae, anterior insular and occipitotemporal cortices. Interaction between slow breathing and hypoxia was expressed in ventral striatal and frontal polar activity. Across conditions, within brainstem, dorsal medullary and pontine activity correlated with tidal volume and inversely with heart rate. Activity in rostroventral medulla correlated with beat-to-beat blood pressure and heart rate variability. Widespread insula and striatal activity tracked decreases in heart rate, while subregions of insular cortex correlated with momentary increases in tidal volume. Our findings define slow breathing effects on central and cardiovascular responses to hypoxic challenge. They highlight the recruitment of discrete brainstem nuclei to cardiorespiratory control, and the engagement of corticostriatal circuitry in support of physiological responses that accompany breathing regulation during hypoxic challenge. Public Library of Science 2015-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4431729/ /pubmed/25973923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127082 Text en © 2015 Critchley et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Critchley, Hugo D. Nicotra, Alessia Chiesa, Patrizia A. Nagai, Yoko Gray, Marcus A. Minati, Ludovico Bernardi, Luciano Slow Breathing and Hypoxic Challenge: Cardiorespiratory Consequences and Their Central Neural Substrates |
title | Slow Breathing and Hypoxic Challenge: Cardiorespiratory Consequences and Their Central Neural Substrates |
title_full | Slow Breathing and Hypoxic Challenge: Cardiorespiratory Consequences and Their Central Neural Substrates |
title_fullStr | Slow Breathing and Hypoxic Challenge: Cardiorespiratory Consequences and Their Central Neural Substrates |
title_full_unstemmed | Slow Breathing and Hypoxic Challenge: Cardiorespiratory Consequences and Their Central Neural Substrates |
title_short | Slow Breathing and Hypoxic Challenge: Cardiorespiratory Consequences and Their Central Neural Substrates |
title_sort | slow breathing and hypoxic challenge: cardiorespiratory consequences and their central neural substrates |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4431729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25973923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127082 |
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