Publications

Original Research Papers From Our Lab

(For a comprehensive bibliography of Robert Banzett’s published works click here.)

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-An official American Thoracic Society statement: update on the mechanisms, assessment, and management of dyspnea. Parshall MB, Schwartzstein RM, Adams L, Banzett RB, Manning HL, Bourbeau J, Calverley PM, Gift AG, Harver A, Lareau SC, Mahler DA, Meek PM, O’Donnell DE; American Thoracic Society Committee on Dyspnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Feb 15;185(4):435-52. view abstract get full text through HighWire Press

-Reliability and validity of the multidimensional dyspnea profile. PM, Banzett R, Parshall MB, Gracely RH, Schwartzstein RM, Lansing R. Chest. 2012 Jun;141(6):1546-53. Epub 2012 Jan 19. view abstract  get full text through Silverchair Information Systems

-Using laboratory models to test treatment: morphine reduces dyspnea and hypercapnic ventilatory response.Banzett RB, Adams L, O’Donnell CR, Gilman SA, Lansing RW, Schwartzstein RM. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Oct 15;184(8):920-7. Epub 2011 Jul 21. view abstract  get free full text on PubMed Central

-No evidence for reduction in dyspnea following lesions of the right insula. Adams L, Lansing RW, O’Donnell CR, Paydarfar D, Banzett RB. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Apr 1;179(7):623; author reply 623-4. No abstract available. get full text through HighWire Press

-Whole-body “negative-pressure” ventilation: is it really different? Loring SH, Banzett RB. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Sep 1;178(5):542; author reply 542-3. No abstract available. get full text through HighWire Press

-The multiple dimensions of dyspnea: review and hypotheses. Lansing RW, Gracely RH, Banzett RB. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2009 May 30;167(1):53-60. Epub 2008 Jul 25. Review. view abstract get full text on PubMed Central

-The affective dimension of laboratory dyspnea: air hunger is more unpleasant than work/effort. Banzett RB, Pedersen SH, Schwartzstein RM, Lansing RW. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Jun 15;177(12):1384-90. Epub 2008 Mar 27. view abstract get full text through HighWire Press

-Gray matter blood flow change is unevenly distributed during moderate isocapnic hypoxia in humans.Binks AP, Cunningham VJ, Adams L, Banzett RB. J Appl Physiol. 2008 Jan;104(1):212-7. Epub 2007 Nov 8. view abstract get free full text through PubMed

-The air hunger response of four elite breath-hold divers. Binks AP, Vovk A, Ferrigno M, Banzett RB. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2007 Nov 15;159(2):171-7. Epub 2007 Jul 1. view abstract get full free text on PubMed Central

-Pathophysiology of dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a roundtable. O’Donnell DE, Banzett RB, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Casaburi R, Davenport PW, Gandevia SC, Gelb AF, Mahler DA, Webb KA. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2007 May;4(2):145-68. Review. view abstract get full free text on Proc Am Thorac Soc

-Cough, pain and dyspnoea: similarities and differences. Gracely RH, Undem BJ, Banzett RB. Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2007;20(4):433-7. Epub 2007 Jan 10. Review. view abstract get full free text on PubMed Central

-Heavy Breathing. Banzett RB, Loring SH. J Appl Physiol. 2007 Jun;102(6):2090-1. Epub 2007 Mar 1. No abstract available. get full free text on J Appl Physiol

-An inexpensive, MRI compatible device to measure tidal volume from chest-wall circumference. Binks AP, Banzett RB, Duvivier C. Physiol Meas. 2007 Feb;28(2):149-59. Epub 2006 Dec 15. view abstract get full text through IOP Publishing

-When it’s hard to breathe, maybe pain doesn’t matter. Focus on “Dyspnea as a noxious sensation: inspiratory threshold loading may trigger diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in humans”. Banzett RB, Gracely RH, Lansing RW. J Neurophysiol. 2007 Feb;97(2):959-60. Epub 2006 Oct 18. No abstract available. get full free text on J Neurophysiol

-Effect of inhaled furosemide on air hunger induced in healthy humans. Moosavi SH, Binks AP, Lansing RW, Topulos GP, Banzett RB, Schwartzstein RM. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2007 Apr 16;156(1):1-8. Epub 2006 Aug 28. view abstract get full text on Science Direct

-Breathless in San Diego. Binks A, Banzett R, Lansing R. Physiologist. 2006 Feb;49(1):104-6. No abstract available. No online link available at this time.

-Eupneic respiratory rhythm in awake goats is dependent on an intact pre-Bötzinger complex. Forster HV, Wenninger JM, Pan LG, Hodges MR, Banzett R. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2004;551:107-13. No abstract available. No online link available at this time.

-Time course of air hunger mirrors the biphasic ventilatory response to hypoxia. Moosavi SH, Banzett RB, Butler JP. J Appl Physiol. 2004 Dec;97(6):2098-103. Epub 2004 Jul 30. view abstract get full free text on J. Appl. Physiol.

-Clinical ventilator adjustments that improve speech. Hoit JD, Banzett RB, Lohmeier HL, Hixon TJ, Brown R. Chest. 2003 Oct;124(4):1512-21. view abstract get full text on MD Consult

-Measurement of dyspnea: word labeled visual analog scale vs. verbal ordinal scale. Lansing RW, Moosavi SH, Banzett RB. Respir Physiol & Neurobiol 134:77-83, 2003. view abstract  get full free text on Science Direct

-Mechanical chest-wall vibration does not relieve air hunger. Bloch-Salisbury E, Binks AP, Banzett, RB, Schwartzstein RM. Respir Physiol & Neurobiol 134:177-90, 2003. view abstract  get full free text on Science Direct

-Je peux parler! Hoit JD, Banzett RB. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Jan 15;167(2):101-2. No abstract available. get full free text on Am. J. Respir. and Crit. Care Med.

-Hypoxic and hypercapnic drives to breathe generate equivalent levels of air hunger in humans. Moosavi, Golestanian, Binks, Lansing, Brown and Banzett, 2003. view abstract  get full free text on J. Appl. Physiol.

-BOLD fMRI identifies limbic, para-limbic and cerebellar activation during air hunger. Evans, Banzett, Adams, McKay, Frackowiak and Corfield, 2002. view abstract  get full free text on J. Neurophysiol.

-“Tightness” sensation of asthma does not arise from the work of breathing. Binks, Moosavi, Banzett and Schwartzstein, 2002. view abstract  get full free text on Am. J. Respir. and Crit. Care Med.

-High strength stimulation of the vagus nerve in awake humans: a lack of cardiorespiratory effects. Binks, Paydarfar, Schachter, Guz and Banzett, 2001. view abstract  get full free text on Science Direct

-Dyspnea and Pain: Similarities and Contrasts Between Two Very Unpleasant Sensations. Banzett and Moosavi, 2001. No abstract available.

-Acute partial paralysis alters perceptions of  air hunger, work and effort at constant PCO2 and VE. Moosavi, Topulos, Hafer, Lansing, Adams, Brown and Banzett, 2000. view abstract  get full free text on Science Direct

-The perception of respiratory work and effort  can be independent of the perception of air hunger. Lansing, Im, Thwing,  Legedza and Banzett, 2000.  view abstract  get full free text on Am. J. Respir. and Crit. Care Med.

-Breathlessness in humans activates insular cortex. Banzett, Mulnier, Murphy, Rosen, Wise and Adams, 2000. view abstract

-Symptom perception and respiratory sensation in asthma. Banzett, Dempsey, O’Donnell and Wamboldt, 2000. No abstract available. get full free text on Am. J. Respir. and Crit. Care Med.

-Cardiorespiratory variables and sensation during stimulation of the left vagus in patients with epilepsy. Banzett, Guz, Paydarfar, Shea, Schachter and Lansing, 1999. view abstract  get full free text on Science Direct

-Respiratory sensations during heavy exercise in subjects without respiratory chemosensitivity. Spengler, Banzett, Systrom, Shannon and Shea, 1998. view abstract  get full free text on Science Direct

 

-Competition between gas exchange and speech production in ventilated subjects. Shea, Hoit and Banzett, 1998. view abstract 

-Tidal volume perception in a C1-C2 tetraplegic subject is blocked by airway anesthesia. Lansing, Banzett, Brown, Reid and Kaplan, 1998. view abstract

-Self-control and external control of mechanical  ventilation give equal air hunger relief. Bloch-Salisbury, Spengler, Brown and Banzett, 1998. view abstract  get full free text on Am. J. Respir. and Crit. Care Med.

-Perception of inflation of a single lung lobe  in humans. Banzett, Shea, Brown, Schwartzstein, Lansing and Guz, 1997. view abstract  get full free text on Science Direct

-Self-control of level of mechanical ventilation  to minimize CO2 induced air hunger. Shea, Harty and Banzett, 1996. view abstract  get full free text on Science Direct

-Psychophysical methods in the study of respiratory sensation. Lansing and Banzett, 1996. No abstract available.

-Ventilatory relief of the sensation of the urge to breathe in humans: are pulmonary receptors important? Harty, Mummery, Adams, Banzett, Wright, Banner, Yacoub and Guz, 1996. view abstract  get full free text on J. Physiol.  get full free text on PubMed Central

-Air hunger induced by acute increase in PCO2 adapts to chronic elevation of PCO2 in ventilated humans. Bloch-Salisbury,  Shea, Brown, Evans and Banzett, 1996. view abstract

-Stimulus-response characteristics of CO2-induced air hunger in normal subjects. Banzett, Lansing, Evans and Shea, 1996. view abstract  get full free text on Science Direct

-Respiratory sensations arising from chemoreceptors  and pulmonary receptors: air hunger and lung volume. Banzett and Lansing, 1996. No abstract available.

-Dynamic response characteristics of CO2-induced  air hunger. Banzett, 1996. view abstract

-Respiratory sensations and their role in the control of breathing. Shea, Lansing and Banzett, 1995. No abstract available.

 

-The experience of complete neuromuscular blockade in awake humans. Topulos, Lansing and Banzett, 1993. view abstract  get full free text through Science Direct

-Respiratory sensations in subjects who lack a ventilatory response to CO2. Shea, Andres, Shannon, Guz and Banzett, 1993. view abstract

 

-Ventilatory responses to exercise in humans lacking ventilatory chemosensitivity. Shea, Andres, Shannon and Banzett, 1993. view abstract  get full free text on J. Physiol.  get full free text on PubMed Central

-Effect of mental activity on breathing in congenital  central hypoventilation syndrome. Shea, Andres, Paydarfar, Banzett and Shannon, 1993. view abstract

-What do paralyzed awake humans feel when they attempt to move? Lansing and Banzett, 1993. view abstract

-Perceptions from pulmonary and chemoreceptor afferents. Banzett and Lansing, 1993. No abstract available.

-Reduced tidal volume increases ‘air hunger’ at fixed PCO2 in ventilated quadriplegics. Manning, Shea, Schwartzstein, Lansing, Brown and Banzett, 1992. view abstract 

-‘Air hunger’ from increased PCO2 persists after complete neuromuscular block in humans. Banzett, Lansing, Brown, Topulos, Yager, Steele, Londono, Loring, Reid, Adams and et al., 1990.  view abstract

 

-‘Air hunger’ arising from increased PCO2 in mechanically ventilated quadriplegics. Banzett, Lansing, Reid, Adams and Brown, 1989. view abstract

-Dyspnea: mechanisms, evaluation and treatment. Burki, Tobin, Guz, Sharp, Banzett and Mahler, 1988. No abstract available.

-High-level quadriplegics perceive lung volume change. Banzett, Lansing and Brown, 1987. view abstract