Synchronization of infra-slow oscillations of brain potentials with respiration

Chaos. 2018 Aug;28(8):081102. doi: 10.1063/1.5046758.

Abstract

We study the synchronization of infra-slow oscillations in human scalp electroencephalogram signal with the respiratory signal. For the cases of paced respiration with a fixed frequency and linearly increasing frequency, we reveal the phase and frequency locking of infra-slow oscillations of brain potentials by respiration. It is shown that for different brain areas, the infra-slow oscillations and respiration can exhibit synchronous regimes of different orders.

MeSH terms

  • Biological Clocks / physiology*
  • Brain Waves / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Respiration*
  • Scalp / physiology