BETHESDA, MD (August 12, 2004) – As if new parents don't have enough to worry about getting in synch with their infants, many of them wonder "what's with these sighs?" Of course adults sigh; not as ...

LMU neuroscientists have shown that breathing coordinates neuronal activity throughout the brain during sleep and quiet. While we sleep, the brain is not switched off, but is busy with “saving” the ...

Breathing is a vital action, so automatic that we forget about it. However, to produce speech, breathing must be modulated to synchronize exhalation with the rhythm of conversation. In an article ...

Breathing propels everything we do--so its rhythm must be carefully organized by our brain cells, right? Wrong. Every breath we take arises from a disorderly group of neurons - each like a soloist ...

Researchers have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study shows that the pupil is smallest during inhalation and largest during exhalation ...

One of the biggest concerns with upper respiratory tract infections, like the common cold or a nasal infection, is the potential for more serious deep lung secondary infections, like pneumonia. If ...

The projector is set up. The chairs are neatly aligned, with water glasses arranged in the center of the table. It’s near-perfect. In 10 minutes, one of the biggest potential clients your company has ...

When it comes to lung healing and recovery, many well-intentioned approaches actually hinder rather than help the natural healing process. The lungs possess remarkable regenerative capabilities, but ...

Insects have been assumed to breathe through a system of tracheal tubes (considered passive air channels), with gaseous exchange being driven by body movements or hemolymph circulation. However, the ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, ...