Relief of dyspnea involves a characteristic brain activation and a specific quality of sensation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 440-449

  Peiffer, Claudine ^a,b   Costes, Nicolas ^c   Hervé, Philippe ^b   Garcia Larrea, Luis ^d  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; Functional brain imaging; Perception; Qualitative word descriptors; Relief

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 39849109126     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200612-1774OC     Document Type: Article

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