Although dyspnea is a common and troubling symptom, our understanding of the
neurophysiology of dyspnea is woefully incomplete. Most measurements of dyspnea treat it …

Progressive activity-related dyspnea dominates the clinical presentation of patients afflicted
by chronic obstructive and restrictive lung diseases. This symptom invariably leads to activity …

Dyspnoea is the result of a complex interaction of physiological, psychosocial, social, and
environmental factors. Although several sensory receptors located throughout the …

A maximal inspiratory breath hold (inspiratory capacity apnea) against a closed glottis
evokes a large and sustained increase in muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) …

Research question We previously reported that deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the motor
thalamus, in a patient with post-stroke tremor, relieved breathlessness associated with …

Objective To investigate the effects of continuous chest wall vibration with concurrent
aerobic training in addition to a 4-week pulmonary rehabilitation program on dyspnea and …

Respiratory acid-base disorders are those abnormalities in acid-base equilibrium initiated
by a change in arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO 2). PaCO2 is regulated by alveolar …

We previously used a verbal ordinal rating scale to measure dyspnea. That scale was easy
for subjects to use and the words provided consistency in ratings. We have recently …

Somatosensory afferents are represented within the cortical autonomic network (CAN).
However, the representation of somatosensory afferents, and the consequent cardiovascular …