Effects of mouth breathing on hippocampal activity examined by 3T fMRI

We investigated the effects of mouth breathing and typical nasal breathing on brain function, using blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

The study consisted of two parts: the first test was a simple contrast between mouth and nasal breathing and the second test involved combined breathing modes, e.g., mouth inspiration and nasal expiration. Eleven healthy participants performed the combined breathing task while undergoing 3T fMRI. In the group-level analysis, contrast images from the nasal or mouth breathing acquired by the participant-level analyses were analyzed using a one-sample t-test. We also performed a region-of-interest analysis comparing signal intensity changes between the breathing modes; the regions were selected using an automated anatomical labeling map. The results demonstrated that BOLD signal in the hippocampus and brainstem decreased significantly during mouth breathing, whereas the signal increased in the central gyrus. Given that the hippocampus participates in cognitive functions such as memory, decreased hippocampal activity may explain the adverse effects of mouth breathing on brain function. 

In this dataset: High resolution T1 weighted structural and BOLD contrast fMRI scans.

Tasks:

001 breath-holding

Investigators:

• Chang-Ki Kang
• Chaejoon Cheong
• Young-Bo Kim
• Yeong-Bae Lee
• Nambeom Kim
• Chan-A Park

Acknowledgements and Funding:

This work was supported by the Gachon University research fund (GCU-2015-0061) and Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (2015R1C1A1A02036462).

Sample Size:

11

Scanner Type:

Siemens Verio 3T

License:

PDDL

Accession Number:

ds000177

How to cite this dataset:

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This data was obtained from the OpenfMRI database. Its accession number is ds000177

Curated:

Yes

Warning: some of NIFTI files included in this dataset are missing orientation information (sform and qform). Distinguishing between left and right might not be possible. We are looking into fixing this issue.
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