Public Health and Health Professions
Gonzalez-Rothi Lab
Led by Elisa Gonzalez-Rothi · Physical Therapy
What we study
The Gonzalez-Rothi Lab studies how to restore breathing and movement after cervical spinal cord injuries using therapies like mild intermittent hypoxia and electrical stimulation. They focus on understanding neural plasticity in breathing and upper limb function.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Combined Therapeutic Acute Intermittent Hypoxia and Respiratory-Triggered Diaphragm Pacing to Restore Breathing Function in…
Testing a therapy combining mild intermittent hypoxia and diaphragm pacing to improve breathing after cervical spinal cord injuries.
Mechanisms of swallowing dysfunction in a translational rodent model of chronic cervical spinal cord injury
Exploring why swallowing is difficult after cervical spinal cord injuries using rodent models.
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Combinatorial respiratory rehabilitation approaches to enhance breathing recovery after cervical spinal cord injury
Developing new ways to improve breathing recovery after cervical spinal cord injuries.
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Recent papers, explained
- Combined Therapeutic Acute Intermittent Hypoxia and Diaphragm Pacing Improve Breathing Function in Sub-acute Cervical Spinal Cord injury in Awake Rodents Following C2 Hemisection
2026 · Physiology
Combines diaphragm pacing and oxygen therapy to improve breathing after spinal cord injury.
- Combined therapeutic acute intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia and exercise-based respiratory training improve breathing after chronic cervical spinal cord injury
2024 · Physiology
Tests if combining oxygen therapy and exercise helps breathing after spinal cord injury.
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- Prolonged intermittent hypoxia differentially regulates phrenic motor neuron serotonin receptor expression in rats following chronic cervical spinal cord injury
2024 · Experimental Neurology
Finds short-term oxygen therapy boosts nerve function but long-term oxygen therapy harms it.
- Sex differences in spontaneous respiratory recovery following chronic C2 hemisection
2024 · Journal of Applied Physiology
Shows female rats recover breathing better than males after spinal cord injury.
- Enhanced phrenic motor neuron BDNF expression elicited by daily acute intermittent hypoxia is undermined in rats with chronic cervical spinal cord injury
2024 · Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
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How to reach out
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