Investigation of functional connectivity differences between voluntary respirations via mouth and nose using resting state fmri
- Authors
- Jung, J.-Y.; Park, C.-A.; Lee, Y.-B.; Kang, C.-K.
- Issue Date
- Oct-2020
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Keywords
- Functional connectivity; Mouth breathing; Resting state fMRI; Voluntary respiration
- Citation
- Brain Sciences, v.10, no.10, pp.1 - 12
- Journal Title
- Brain Sciences
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 10
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 12
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/78940
- DOI
- 10.3390/brainsci10100704
- ISSN
- 2076-3425
- Abstract
- The problems of mouth breathing have been well-studied, but the neural correlates of functional connectivity (FC) still remain unclear. We examined the difference in FC between the two types of breathing. For our study, 21 healthy subjects performed voluntary mouth and nasal breathing conditions during a resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The region of interest (ROI) analysis of FC in fMRI was conducted using a MATLAB-based imaging software. The resulting analysis showed that mouth breathing had widespread connections and more left lateralization. Left inferior temporal gyrus had the most left lateralized connections in mouth breathing condition. Furthermore, the central opercular cortex FC showed a significant relationship with mouth breathing. For nasal breathing, the sensorimotor area had symmetry FC pattern. These findings suggest that various FCs difference appeared between two breathing conditions. The impacts of these differences need to be more investigated to find out potential link with cognitive decline in mouth breathing syndrome. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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