Sung Han, Ph.D.
September 26(Tue) - September 26(Tue), 2023
13:30 pm
86314 & ZOOM
CNIR Seminar
Date: 1:30pm, Tuesday, September 26th
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7281426028
회의 ID: 728 142 6028 (password: cnir)
Speaker: Sung Han, Ph.D.(Salk Institute for Biological Studies, SKKU)
Title: Breathe slowly and feel tranquility: dissecting top-down volitional breathing circuit that controls emotion
Abstract: Physiological responses, including heart rate, skin conductance, pupil dilation, and breathing rhythm are largely controlled by autonomic neural circuits, but at least in humans, breathing rhythm can be overridden by conscious effort. Given that feedback perception of arousal states is crucial for emotional experience, voluntary control of breathing has been practiced in many cultures as a means of controlling one's negative emotions, such as anxiety, fear, and pain. Despite its practical effects and long history, however, neural circuit-based understanding of top-down control of breathing is poorly understood. In this seminar, I will talk about a novel cortical-to-brainstem breathing circuit that controls emotions.