Yawning: unsuspected avenue for a better understanding of arousal and interoception

Medical Hypotheses
Olivier Walusinski

Abstract

Almost all the vertebrates yawn, testifying the phylogenetic old origins of this behavior. Correlatively speaking, yawning shows an ontogenical precociousness since it occurs as early as 12 weeks after conception and remains relatively unchanged throughout life. Thus, it is contended that these common characteristics and their diencephalic origin allow to model an approach from which emerges a pivotal link between yawning and REM sleep. Yawning and stretching reverse the muscular atonia of the REM-sleep and reopen the collapsed airways. Yawning appears as a powerful muscular stretch, recruiting specific control systems particularly the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, the locus coeruleus and the reticular activating system from which the vigor of this ancestral vestige, surviving throughout evolution with little variation, may increase arousal. On the other hand, the James-Lange theory proposes that afferent feedback from muscles and viscera provides the brain with a feeling that characterizes the active motivational state and arousal. On this basis and using selected supporting findings from the literature and from data provided by daily life, it is contended that yawning takes part in interoceptiveness by its capa...Continue Reading

References

Mar 1, 1985·Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology·S S Campbell
Jan 3, 1969·Science·M Jouvet
Jan 1, 1995·The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences·G Moruzzi, H W Magoun
Mar 1, 1996·Physiology & Behavior·R BaenningerM Baenninger
Jan 7, 1998·Trends in Neurosciences·G Berlucchi, S Aglioti
Apr 29, 1998·European Journal of Pharmacology·A Argiolas, M R Melis
Jun 17, 2000·Progress in Neurobiology·M C NicolauR V Rial
Feb 15, 2001·Nature Neuroscience·H D CritchleyR J Dolan
Oct 30, 2001·Neuroscience·J StehbergF Torrealba
Jul 11, 2002·Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology·Fabrice ChatonnetGilles Fortin
Aug 3, 2002·Nature Reviews. Neuroscience·Edward F Pace-Schott, J Allan Hobson
Sep 5, 2002·Nature Reviews. Neuroscience·J Allan Hobson, Edward F Pace-Schott
Sep 27, 2002·Developmental Psychobiology·Fiorenza GigantiPiero Salzarulo
Jan 23, 2003·BioEssays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology·C StrausW A Whitelaw
Sep 2, 2003·Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology·Mariano SerraoFrancesco Pierelli
Oct 7, 2003·Journal of Applied Physiology·T KobayashiE Garcia-Rill
Jan 20, 2004·Nature Neuroscience·Hugo D CritchleyRaymond J Dolan
Feb 11, 2004·Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology·Caroline BordayMuriel Thoby-Brisson
Sep 18, 2004·Trends in Neurosciences·Juan Mena-SegoviaPeter J Magill
Jan 18, 2005·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry·J J Ochoa-Sepulveda, J J Ochoa-Amor
Feb 22, 2005·Current Opinion in Neurobiology·Eve Marder, Kristina J Rehm
Apr 14, 2005·PLoS Biology·Karl A E KarlssonMark S Blumberg
Apr 28, 2005·Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews·Brian Rogers, Joan Arvedson
Jun 2, 2005·Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology·Christy L Ludlow
Jun 29, 2005·Trends in Neurosciences·John G McHaffiePeter Redgrave
Jul 19, 2005·Annual Review of Neuroscience·Gary Aston-Jones, Jonathan D Cohen
Sep 6, 2005·Sleep Medicine·Gary Aston-Jones
Sep 17, 2005·Trends in Neurosciences·Sebastien Bouret, Susan J Sara
Oct 29, 2005·The Journal of Comparative Neurology·Clifford B SaperThomas E Scammell
Dec 7, 2005·Neurological Sciences : Official Journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology·C A TassinariS Meletti
Jun 1, 1997·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review·R Baenninger

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Nov 6, 2009·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·E PalagiP F Ferrari
Dec 3, 2010·Biology Letters·Ailsa Millen, James R Anderson
Oct 18, 2007·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry·Oliver C SingerTobias Neumann-Haefelin
Jan 1, 2010·International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork·Luiz Fernando Bertolucci, Elisa Harumi Kozasa
Aug 15, 2009·Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience·Stephen R ArnottMelvyn A Goodale
Jun 15, 2011·Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies·Luiz Fernando Bertolucci
Aug 28, 2010·Medical Hypotheses·Simon B N Thompson
Jun 1, 2010·Behavioural Brain Research·Wendy PortilloRaúl G Paredes
Aug 22, 2007·Medical Hypotheses·Jorma Matikainen, Hannu Elo
Jul 3, 2013·Clinical Anatomy : Official Journal of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists & the British Association of Clinical Anatomists·Olivier Walusinski
Apr 17, 2015·Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders·Marco A Lana-PeixotoUNKNOWN Brazilian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis
Sep 23, 2014·Dysphagia·Kimiko AbeRuth E Martin
Dec 18, 2013·Brain Structure & Function·Heinz KrestelRoland Wiest
Oct 6, 2016·Biology Letters·Andrew C GallupAnthony J Pelegrino
Jan 29, 2021·Developmental Psychobiology·Giada CordoniElisabetta Palagi
Dec 17, 2020·Journal of Parkinson's Disease·Conor FearonTimothy Lynch
Oct 20, 2020·Frontiers in Neuroscience·Marco ChieraAndrea Manzotti
Jun 16, 2021·Behavioural Processes·Akiko EnokizuMotoi Yoshioka

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Basal Ganglia

Basal Ganglia are a group of subcortical nuclei in the brain associated with control of voluntary motor movements, procedural and habit learning, emotion, and cognition. Here is the latest research.

Related Papers

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
R Baenninger
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Oliver C SingerTobias Neumann-Haefelin
The Journal of Psychology
J J Askenasy
Proceedings. Biological Sciences
James R AndersonTetsuro Matsuzawa
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved