TY - JOUR T1 - Experimental social rejection increases dyspnoea perception and neural processing of respiratory sensations in healthy subjects JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.01409-2018 VL - 53 IS - 1 SP - 1801409 AU - Michaela Herzog AU - Josef Sucec AU - Milica Vukovic AU - Ilse Van Diest AU - Omer Van den Bergh AU - Andreas von Leupoldt Y1 - 2019/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/53/1/1801409.abstract N2 - Patients suffering from dyspnoea frequently report social rejection as a severe limitation of their lives [1]. While the effects of different social challenges on the respiratory system are already established in animal models [2, 3], little is known about potential consequences of social rejection on the perception and neural processing of dyspnoea in humans. Detrimental effects of social rejection are well documented for other aversive somatic symptoms [4, 5]. The current study examined whether social rejection would increase perceived dyspnoea and whether this would be paralleled by increased neural processing of respiratory sensations as measured with respiratory-related evoked potentials (RREPs) in the electroencephalogram (EEG).Social rejection is associated with increased dyspnoea perception and neural processing of respiratory sensations http://ow.ly/p5hA30mcZMS ER -