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Erica Dale, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Florida, Florida, United States

Erica Dale is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida. Her research interests involve understanding mechanisms of spinal learning in the context of breathing function. Within the respiratory neural control network there are several known spinal mechanisms underlying plasticity and they all lead to a long-lasting increase in phrenic motor output; a direct correlation to contraction of the diaphragm and, thus, breathing.  A large portion of her current research focus is aimed towards activating phrenic motor networks via electrical spinal cord stimulation to enable functional recovery of breathing after upper cervical spinal cord injury in rodents. Recently published work utilizing this model in a closed-loop stimulation paradigm has shown promise for eliciting plasticity within the respiratory motor network.

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