TY - JOUR
T1 - Nasal reflexes
T2 - Implications for exercise, breathing, and sex
AU - Baraniuk, James N.
AU - Merck, Samantha J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by US Public Health Service Awards RO1 ES015382, M01-RR13297, and P50 DC000214. Samantha Merck was supported by an unrestricted educational grant by GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.
PY - 2008/4
Y1 - 2008/4
N2 - Nasal patency, with both congestion and decongestion, is affected in a wide variety of reflexes. Stimuli leading to nasal reflexes include exercise; alterations of body position, pressure, and temperature; neurologic syndromes; and dentistry. As anticipated, the vagal and trigeminal systems are closely integrated through nasobronchial and bronchonasal reflexes. However, perhaps of greater pathophysiologic importance are the naso-hypopharyngeal-laryngeal reflexes that become aggravated during sinusitis. None other than Sigmund Freud saw deeply beyond the facial adornment and recognized the deeper sexual tensions that can regulate nasal functions and psychoanalytical status. Wine, women, and song are linked with airflow through the nose - the nose, which by any other name would still smell as sweetly.
AB - Nasal patency, with both congestion and decongestion, is affected in a wide variety of reflexes. Stimuli leading to nasal reflexes include exercise; alterations of body position, pressure, and temperature; neurologic syndromes; and dentistry. As anticipated, the vagal and trigeminal systems are closely integrated through nasobronchial and bronchonasal reflexes. However, perhaps of greater pathophysiologic importance are the naso-hypopharyngeal-laryngeal reflexes that become aggravated during sinusitis. None other than Sigmund Freud saw deeply beyond the facial adornment and recognized the deeper sexual tensions that can regulate nasal functions and psychoanalytical status. Wine, women, and song are linked with airflow through the nose - the nose, which by any other name would still smell as sweetly.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11882-008-0025-7
DO - 10.1007/s11882-008-0025-7
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18417057
AN - SCOPUS:42149141803
SN - 1529-7322
VL - 8
SP - 147
EP - 153
JO - Current allergy and asthma reports
JF - Current allergy and asthma reports
IS - 2
ER -