2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The study of the effects of respiratory cycle in motor-somato cortex
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23500599
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Aomori University of Health and Welfare |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OZAKI Isamu 青森県立保健大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (90241463)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 呼吸 / 気づき / 痛み |
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| Research Abstract |
To investigate the effects of respiration on pain sensations and brain or autonomic responses, we recorded electroencephalography, sympathetic skin response, digital plethysmogram, subjective pain rating scale. Electrical stimulation to the left hand was applied during expiration or inspiration respectively. The stimulus intensity was set at pain perceptual threshold. Regardless of constant stimulus intensity, stimulus during expiration produced weaker pain felling compared to stimulus during inspiration. The mean amplitude of the latter component in pain related potentials were smaller during expiration than during inspiration. Our findings suggest that pain information processing fluctuates during respiration and that pain is gated within the central nervous system during expiration.
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