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This chapter is on breath-holding and breath-hold diving. The involvement of the School of Milano in diving is a consequence of the strong connection with Buffalo. Therefore, an analysis of the work carried out at Buffalo is initially presented. This includes the early studies on alveolar gas composition after breath-holding and the projects on the physiology of Korean diving women. The School of Milano entered the game with the Maiorca study, carried out in collaboration with Buffalo. Concepts such as gas exchange and energy expenditure during diving, the cardiovascular responses during diving, including the first demonstration of the occurrence of a diving response in humans, and the respiratory adaptation to breath-hold diving are discussed. An analysis of the limits of deep breath-hold diving is performed, including the effects of lung volumes. Finally, the most recent studies on cardiovascular dynamics during breath-holding and the role of baroreflexes are discussed.

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Ferretti, G. (2023). A School Goes into Depth. In: Ferretti, G. (eds) Exercise, Respiratory and Environmental Physiology. Perspectives in Physiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19197-8_12

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