Physiology of long pranayamic breathing: neural respiratory elements may provide a mechanism that explains how slow deep breathing shifts the autonomic nervous system.
Jerath R, Edry JW, Barnes VA, Jerath V.
Med Hypotheses. 2006;67(3):566-71. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.02.042. Epub 2006 Apr 18.
PMID:16624497
Breathing is coupled with voluntary action and the cortical readiness potential.
Park HD, Barnoud C, Trang H, Kannape OA, Schaller K, Blanke O.
Nat Commun. 2020 Feb 6;11(1):289. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13967-9.
PMID:32029711
Breath-holding and its breakpoint.
Parkes MJ.
Exp Physiol. 2006 Jan;91(1):1-15. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.031625. Epub 2005 Nov 4.
PMID:16272264
Voluntary breathing increases corticospinal excitability of lower limb muscle during isometric contraction.
Shirakawa K, Yunoki T, Afroundeh R, Lian CS, Matsuura R, Ohtsuka Y, Yano T.