We review progress towards greater mechanistic understanding and clinical translation of a
strategy to improve respiratory and non-respiratory motor function in people with …

While spinal cord injuries (SCIs) result in a vast array of functional deficits, many of which
are life threatening, the majority of SCIs are anatomically incomplete. Spared neural …

Spinal cord injuries (SCI) disrupt neural pathways between the brain and spinal cord,
causing impairment of motor function and loss of independent mobility. Spontaneous …

Motor learning relies on experience-dependent plasticity in relevant neural circuits. In four
experiments, we provide initial evidence and a double-blinded, sham-controlled replication …

The present study was designed to investigate the rostral-caudal effect of spinal magnetic
stimulation on diaphragmatic motor-evoked potentials after cervical spinal cord injury. The …

Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease, for which no disease-
modifying therapies exist. Preclinical and clinical evidence suggest that hypoxia-based …

New Findings What is the central question of this study? Does a single session of repeated
bouts of acute intermittent hypoxic breathing enhance the motoneuronal output of the limb …

Repetitive acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH–brief, episodes of low inspired oxygen) elicits
spinal motor plasticity, resulting in sustained improvements of respiratory and non …

The study of respiratory plasticity in animal models spans decades. At the bench,
researchers use an array of techniques aimed at harnessing the power of plasticity within …

Acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) is an emerging technique for facilitating neural plasticity in
individuals with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI). A single sequence of AIH …