RESPIRATORY CONTROL AND EMOTION REGULATION

在过去的几十年里，涉及呼吸的神经控制的研究集中在呼吸是如何发生的。 呼吸节律的产生，以及感觉系统如何检测内部和外部变化，以调节 呼吸模式虽然我们已经了解到调节性呼吸节律起源于延髓，但我们 对呼吸影响情绪状态的神经回路知之甚少。控制的积极影响 在许多情况下和临床中已经观察到情绪状态下的呼吸。使用客观 行为，生理和神经解剖参数，我们建议：i）充分确定神经 小鼠从前Bötzinger复合体（延髓中产生吸气节律的关键部位）到 髓上区域，特别是蓝斑及其上行投射，影响和/或 影响情绪状态，以及; ii）建立这些来自前Bötzinger复合体的投射在 调节呼吸对小鼠焦虑、恐惧和恐慌的影响。这项研究有可能 从而找到更有效的治疗消极情绪的方法

Over the past few decades, research involving the neural control of breathing has centered on how the breathing rhythm is generated and how sensory systems detect internal and external changes to modulate the breathing pattern. While we have learned that the regulatory breathing rhythm originates in the medulla, we know little about the neural circuits by which breathing affects emotional state. The positive effects of controlled breathing on emotional state have been observed across many contexts and in the clinic. Using objective behavioral, physiological, and neuroanatomical parameters, we propose: i) to fully determine the neural pathways in mice from the preBötzinger Complex, the key site generating inspiratory rhythm in the medulla, to supramedullary regions, in particular to the locus coeruleus and its ascending projections, that effect and/or affect emotional state, and; ii) to establish the role of these projections from the preBötzinger Complex in mediating the effects of breathing on anxiety, fear and panic in mice. The proposed research has the potential to lead to more effective methods for treating debilitating negative emotional states