Subjecting elite athletes to inspiratory breathing load reveals behavioral and neural signatures of optimal performers in extreme environments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Paulus, Martin P ^a,b,c   Flagan, Taru ^a   Simmons, Alan N ^a,c   Gillis, Kristine ^b   Kotturi, Sante ^a   Thom, Nathaniel ^b   Johnson, Douglas C ^b   van Orden, Karl F ^b   Davenport, Paul W ^d   Swain, Judith L ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OptiBrain Consortium   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INSULA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

COLUBER;

ADULT; ATHLETES; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 84856046896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029394     Document Type: Article

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