@HHPFoundation (Health & Human Performance Foundation) via Instagram: Breathing CO2 May Help the Brain Clear Toxic Proteins in Parkinson’s Disease
“A team of researchers, led by neuropsychologist Sephira Ryman, PhD, associate professor at the Mind Research Network (MRN), part of Touro University’s Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute and the University of New Mexico, Department of Neurology, is exploring how to boost this system, called the glymphatic pathway.
Her team studied how breathing carbon dioxide (CO2) intermittently can boost the glymphatic pathway and help the body get rid of the proteins. Specifically, they investigated how CO2 could be used to dilate and constrict the brain’s blood vessels, which in turn drives the movement of cerebrospinal fluid through brain tissue to clear unwanted proteins.”
“They are investigating whether intentionally practicing controlled breathing practices, such as slow abdominal breathing, might be a way to enhance the glymphatic system and preserve brain function. Breathing practices may influence the glymphatic system through multiple physiological mechanisms, including regulation of carbon dioxide levels and changes in thoracic pressure that help facilitate the return of blood from the brain to the body. Ryman and her colleagues published another paper in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism detailing how controlled breathing and intermittent CO2 can harness the glymphatic pathway.
“In addition to highlighting the potential for controlled breathing practices to facilitate waste clearance, these findings raise the intriguing possibility that rhythmic, controlled CO2 exposures may serve as a direct and potentially more effective modulator of glymphatic function,” the authors wrote.”
Full article: https://www.touro.edu/news–events/stories/breathing-co2-may-help-the-brain-clear-toxic-proteins-in-parkinsons-disease.php
