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Latest funding
- $1,105,426
The "Ins" and "Outs" of ventilation during sleep: empowering active expiration to counteract loss of inspiratory activity in sleep disordered breathing
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $325,000
Information processing by respiratory motoneurons
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $1,150,000
Systematic preclinical evaluation of cannabinoid influences on sleep and breathing
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
The "Ins" and "Outs" of ventilation during sleep: empowering active expiration to counteract loss of inspiratory activity in sleep disordered breathing
Principal investigators: Pagliardini, Silvia
Keywords: Abdominal Muscles; Active Expiration; Chemogenetics; Emg And Eeg Activity; Hypoxia; Optogenetics; Rats; Sleep Disordered Breathing; Transgenic Mice; Ventilatory Control
Information processing by respiratory motoneurons
Principal investigators: Funk, Gregory
Systematic preclinical evaluation of cannabinoid influences on sleep and breathing
Principal investigators: Pagliardini, Silvia
Keywords: Cannabinoids; Eeg Activity; Emg Recordings; Extracellular Recordings; In Vivo And In Vitro Electrophysiology; Pharmacology; Respiratory Activity; Sleep; Telemetry; Unit Recordings
Unravelling the contribution to the hypoxic ventilatory response of purinergic and glial signalling in the preBötzinger Complex
Principal investigators: Funk, Gregory D
Keywords: Adenosine; Apnea Of Prematurity; Atp; Control Of Breathing; Development; Electrophysiology; Glia; Hypoxia; In Vitro And In Vivo; Rodent
Molecular-physiological characterization of Dbx1, putative XII inspiratory premotoneurons
Principal investigators: Funk, Gregory D
Keywords: Calcium Imaging; Dbx1; Hypoglossal Premotoneuron; Laser Ablation; Mouse; Muscle Atonia; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Respiratory Disease; Sleep; Whole-Cell Recording
Information processing by respiratory motoneurons
Principal investigators: Funk, Gregory
Modulation of central respiratory networks by ATP: the role of astrocytes and ectonucleotidases
Principal investigators: Rajani, Vishaal
Keywords: Calcium Imaging; Gliotransmission; Neuromodulation; Neuroscience; Optogenetics; Purinergic Signaling; Respiratory Disease; Rhythm Generation; Whole-Cell Recording
Glia and the purinergic modulation of inspiratory rhythm generating networks
Principal investigators: Funk, Gregory D
Keywords: Glia; Optogenetics; Purine Receptor; Respiratory Disease; Rhythm Generation; Whole-Cell Recording
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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