Relationship Between Breathing and Attention in Children With Ondine Syndrome
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare disorder of autonomic and respiratory regulation that alters oxygen delivery to the brain. CCHS patients are at risk for broad neurocognitive deficits. Patients retain ventilatory activity when awake through a respiratory-related cortical network but the need to mobilise cortical resources to breathe lead to breathing-cognition interferences during cognitive tasks. The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between breathing pattern and attention in CCHS children
• children with CCHS (Ondine Syndrome) and IQ \> 70, age from 6 to 16 years old, french speaking, informed consent signed by both parents and oral agreement in principle given by the subject.