SynthesisNeuroscience bulletin2023
From Lung to Brain: Respiration Modulates Neural and Mental Activity.
Synthesis in Neuroscience bulletin, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07404384 (Impact of Slow Breathing and Its Interaction With Psychological Variables From the Fear-Avoidance Model of Pain on Heart Rate Variability and Resistance Exercise Performance in Women With Fibromyalgia.), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers.
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Impact of Slow Breathing and Its Interaction With Psychological Variables From the Fear-Avoidance Model of Pain on Heart Rate Variability and Resistance Exercise Performance in Women With Fibromyalgia.
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of a 4-week combined breathing control and self-talk intervention on neural activity and coping skills in athletes: a randomized control trial.BMC psychology · 2026Trial
- Circuit Mechanisms Underlying the Contribution of Leptin Receptor-Expressing Neurons in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius to Ventilatory Homeostasis.Neuroscience bulletin · 2026Article
- Broca's area, responsible for speech production, is regulated by lung function.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- The lung-brain axis in neurodegeneration: inflammatory, immune, and vascular mechanisms with therapeutic implications.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
- Spontaneous perceptual reversals are accompanied by systematic changes in pupil size but not respiration phase.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Nasal and oral breathing modes reconfigure brain network dynamics between stabilizing integration and promoting fragmentation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Respiratory-Limbic Coupling via a Thalamic Circuit Alleviates Anxiety.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Distributed fMRI Patterns Coupled to Low-Frequency Cardiorespiratory Dynamics Provide Markers of Aging.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Functional Connectivity Within the Central Autonomic Network Increases During Resonance Paced Breathing at 0.1 Hz.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
- Dynamics of thoughts-novel candidate marker for differential-diagnosis of mental disorders?Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN · 2026Review
- Respiratory phase shapes brain-heart dynamics: evidence from recurrence analysis of EEG band power and heart rate.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2026Article
- Autonomic indicators of self-transcendence: insights from the numadelic VR paradigm.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2026Article
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- Using ECG-derived respiration for explaining BOLD-fMRI fluctuations during rest and respiratory modulations.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- It's About Time-Breathing Dynamics Modulate Emotion and Cognition.Psychophysiology · 2025Article
- The functional overlap between respiration and global signal and its behavioral relevance.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Decoding mechanisms and protein markers in lung-brain axis.Respiratory research · 2025Review
- Digital support for female students in physical education universities in Japan.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Modulation of amygdala and hippocampus during anxiety by heart and middle frontal gyrus.Cardiovascular research · 2025Article
- Dynamic Routing of Theta-Frequency Synchrony in the Amygdalo-Hippocampal-Entorhinal Circuit Coordinates Retrieval of Competing Memories.Neuroscience bulletin · 2025Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
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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