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However, antidepressants or other drugs aimed at altering the activation of the respiratory centers in the brain and CPAP therapy or apnea surgery aimed at correcting the anatomical problems involved in sleep-disordered breathing have had inconsistent or results.
In conclusion, not only is activity of the inspiratory rib cage muscles increased during a failed weaning trial, but respiratory centers also recruit sternomastoid and expiratory muscles.
These benefits reside in three aspects of the effect of caffeine on the phenomenon we call breathing: First, it has a stimulating effect on the respiratory centers in the brain; Second: it relaxes the bronchioles, the tubes of the lungs, so they enlarge and can accommodate a large volume of air.
 
 
 
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