Daniel Kluger, PhD | Human respiration, oscillations, and behaviour

Recent animal studies have convincingly demonstrated that respiration cyclically modulates oscillatory neural activity across brain areas. To what extent this generalises to humans in a way that is relevant for behaviour is less clear, as are the potential mechanisms underlying these modulation effects. In a series of MEG studies, we aimed to localise and characterise breathing-related oscillation changes across the human brain. In investigating body-brain interactions across different contexts, we hope to further our understanding of respiration as a rhythmic modulator of brain activity as well as the anatomical and functional organisation underneath.