Ikuo Homma

Critical roles for breathing in the genesis and modulation of emotional states.

Handbook of clinical neurology 2022 Ikuo Homma, Anthony G. Phillips

Breathing can be classified into metabolic and behavioral categories. Metabolic breathing and voluntary behavioral breathing are controlled in the brainstem and in the cerebral motor cortex, respectively. This chapter places special emphasis on the reciprocal influences between breathing and emotional processes. As is the case with neural control of breathing, emotions are generated by multiple...