What happens in our brain and our body when we are stressed and when we are aware of the way we breathe?
ABOUT
Jose Herrero, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Neuroscience at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in New York. Dr. Herrero assists in the surgical management of patients with intractable epilepsy in the Laboratory of Human Brain Mapping and Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine.
As a 2022 recipient of the National Institute of Health RO1 grant, Dr. Herrero's current research investigates the sensory and affective neural components of persistent dyspnea (breathlessness). This projects studies the neural substrates of breathing control and how abnormalities in respiratory-related neural processing can lead to clinical conditions including dyspnea, cardiovascular disease, anxiety, and hyper-excitability of cortical/limbic networks.
