Experiments were performed on neonatal mice to analyze why, in vitro, the respiratory rhythm generator (RRG) was silent and how it could be activated. We demonstrated that in vitro the RRG in intact brain stems is silenced by a powerful inhibition arising from the pontine A5 neurons through medullary alpha(2) adrenoceptors and that in vivo nasal trigeminal inputs facilitate the RRG as nasal con...

Breathing patterns in six normal awake subjects were monitored noninvasively during progressive hypoxia accomplished with the administration of nitrogen at 2, 4, 6, and 8 L/min by nasal cannula. The lowest value of arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) of 88 +/- 4 percent (mean +/- SD) was achieved with nitrogen at 8 L/min. At baseline, tidal volume (VT) and frequency were fairly regular; with nitr...

ABSTRACT Several studies have shown the importance of quantitative assessment in nasal patency and functional status upper airways to provide clinical diagnostic information oral breather individuals, which are great interest speech therapy. The aim study was evaluate effect saline solution irrigation on through aeration active anterior rhinomanometry breathing children. This an eight case seri...

Nasal and oral exclusive breathing modes have benefits and drawbacks during submaximal exercise. It is unknown whether these responses would extend to anaerobic work performed at high intensity. Nine individuals (males N = 7, females N = 2) performed a standard Wingate Anaerobic cycle test on a cycle ergometer under nose (N) and mouth (M) only respiratory conditions, performed in a counterbalan...

Introduction The III Brazilian Consensus on Rhinitis (2012) defines allergic rhinitis as a nasal mucosa inflammation, mediated by immunoglobulin E, after exposure to allergens. The classic signs and symptoms of allergic rhinitis are nasal obstruction, watery rhinorrhea, sneezing, and nasal itching, often reversible either spontaneously or with treatment, and mouth breathing (breathing predomina...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the changes in nasal air flow and school grades after rapid maxillary expansion (RME) in oral breathing children with maxillary constriction. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty-four oral breathing children (mean age 10.57 y) underwent orthodontic RME with a Hyrax screw. Forty-four age-matched children (mean age 10.64 y) with nasal physiological breathing and adequate transverse m...

INTRODUCTION When there is a change in the physiological pattern of nasal breathing, mouth breathing may already be present. The diagnosis of mouth breathing is related to nasal patency. One way to access nasal patency is by acoustic rhinometry. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the effectiveness of acoustic rhinometry for the diagnosis of patients with mouth breathing. METHODS Electronic ...

BACKGROUND Over the past few decades, evidence has emerged suggesting that nasal airflow asymmetry and brain asymmetry are linked. The nose exhibits asymmetrical airflow, with the dominant airflow alternating from one nasal passage to the other over a period of hours. Some authors have suggested a correlation between cerebral hemisphere dominance and nostril dominance. Others have proposed an a...

Healthy people are generally breathing through nose during sleep, but oral breathing will be given rise to if the nasal cavity is gradually being closed. Nasal closure or even nasal congestion leads to open mouth during snoring, which causes the tongue base collapse, the origin of OSAS. Thus, if a simple home device with only a microphone can automatically monitor our snores at bedside and dete...

AIM the goal of the present investigation was to study the association between breathing pattern and pharyngeal tonsil size in 122 children (60 HIV infected and 62 without such infection). MATERIAL AND METHODS The children were analyzed as to their breathing pattern, nasal flow and pharyngeal tonsil obstruction seen in side cephalometric x-rays, by means of a computerized analysis. RESULTS ...