title: Nasal cycle dominance and hallucinations in an adult schizophrenic female.
abstract: Nasal dominance, at the onset of hallucinations, was studied as a marker of both the lateralized ultradian rhythm of the autonomic nervous system and the tightly coupled ultradian rhythm of alternating cerebral hemispheric dominance in a single case study of a schizophrenic female. Over 1086 days, 145 hallucination episodes occurred with left nostril dominance significantly greater than the right nostril dominant phase of the nasal cycle. A right nostril breathing exercise, that primarily stimulates the left hemisphere, reduces symptoms more quickly for hallucinations.
authors: BioCircuits Institute and Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, #0328, La Jolla, CA 92093-0328, USA. Electronic address: dsk@ucsd.edu.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Shannahoff-Khalsa
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors: Shahrokh
authors: S
authors: Golshan
mesh_terms: D000204:Activity Cycles / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006212:Hallucinations; D006801:Humans; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012119:Respiration; D015013:Yoga
keywords: Kundalini Yoga; Nostril dominance; Unilateral forced nostril breathing