PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES:

At the conclusion of this program, the participants will be able to:

1)  Discuss the potential of spinal plasticity to restore respiratory motor function after spinal cord injury;

2)  Outline cellular/synaptic mechanisms of respiratory plasticity following intermittent hypoxia;

3)  Identify potential molecular targets for therapeutic enhancement of spinal respiratory plasticity;

4)  Describe the potential of RNA interference to regulate spinal respiratory plasticity and functional recovery from spinal cord injury.