Public Health and Health Professions
Mitchell Lab
Led by Gordon S Mitchell · Physical Therapy
What we study
The Mitchell Lab studies how breathing and movement are controlled by the nervous system, focusing on improving treatments for spinal cord injuries and ALS using techniques like acute intermittent hypoxia. They combine lab experiments with human clinical trials.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Mechanisms of AIH-induced phrenic motor plasticity
Investigating how acute intermittent hypoxia changes breathing control in the spinal cord.
Optimizing AIH protocols for cervical SCI
Testing different hypoxia treatments to improve breathing in spinal cord injury patients.
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Biomarkers for respiratory motor plasticity in humans
Finding ways to measure breathing improvements in people with chronic spinal cord injuries.
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Recent papers, explained
- Approaching hurricane effects on phrenic motor plasticity: the Florida experience
2026 · Journal of Neurophysiology
Observes how hurricanes affect breathing stability and nerve signals, linking stress to breathing problems.
- Exercise hyperpnoea: Unravelling layers of regulation
2026 · The Journal of Physiology
Measures breathing and carbon dioxide levels during exercise to understand how ventilation is controlled.
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- Sympathetic long-term facilitation following acute intermittent hypoxia is similar in the diurnal rest versus active phase in vagal-intact rats
2026 · Journal of Neurophysiology
Tests if oxygen deprivation affects nerve signals in rats, finding little change in normal conditions.
- Ventilatory long-term facilitation in humans: systematic review and meta-analysis
2026 · Function
Reviews human studies to measure breathing changes after oxygen deprivation, finding average effects and how timing affects results.
- Adenosine‐driven P38 mitogen‐activated protein kinase and protein kinase A signalling constrains 5HT 2a receptor‐induced phrenic motor facilitation
2026 · The Journal of Physiology
Explores how adenosine and serotonin interact to affect breathing.
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How to reach out
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