Dental Sleep Medicine Insider April 2016 | Page 16

DR. STEVEN LAMBERG

WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF DAYTIME BREATHING ON SLEEP?
It is plausible that breathing slower and deeper during the day could lead to a sounder sleep at night?

T

he relationship between stress,
Cyclic Alternating Pattern (CAP),
balance of the Autonomic Nervous
System (ANS), fragmented sleep,
and breathing reveal a new
pathway for healing.

vagus nerve can be stimulated by
conscious breathing, yoga, and
emotional and positive mental
frameworks and has been shown
to have an anti-inflammatory
effect.

Stress, exogenous or endogenous,
activates
the
Hypothalamicpituitary-adrenal
(HPA)
axis
and results in the release of
Cortico-tropin Hormone (CRH),
Adrenocorticotropic
Hormone
(ACTH), and cortisol. There is strong
evidence that elevated CRH tone
increases sleep EEG frequency,
thereby decreasi