Ralph F. Fregosi, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology

Department of Physiology Respiratory Neurophysiology Laboratory

Ina Gittings 119c; P.O. Box: 210093
Tucson AZ 85721-0093
Phone: 520-621-2203
E-mail: fregosi@email.arizona.edu

EDUCATION:

University of Massachusetts-Boston, Boston, MA.,1976 ( B.S., Biological Science)
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1977 (M.S., Exercise Physiology
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1985 (Ph.D., Respiratory Physiology)
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, 1986-1988 (Postdoctoral, Respiratory Physiology)

HONORS/AWARDS:

Pre-Doctoral Fellow of the American Heart Association, 1984-1986
Individual National Research Service Award, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (IF32 HL 07293), 1986-1988
American Heart Association Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1986 (grant was withdrawn due to concurrent NIH funding)
FIRST award, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1990-95

MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:

Neurophysiology
Respiratory Physiology
Neural control of respiratory muscles
Neuromuscular control of the upper airways
Application of respiratory neurpohysiology to biomedical problems

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RESEARCH:

Opportunity to attend national conferences.  Research resulting in publication.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Iizuka M, Fregosi RF. Influence of hypercapnic acidosis and hypoxia on abdominal expiratory nerve activity in the rat. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. PMID: 17292680, 2007.

Van Zutphen C, Janssen P, Hassan M, Cabrera R, Bailey EF, Fregosi RF. Regional velopharyngeal compliance in the rat: influence of tongue muscle contraction. NMR Biomed. PMID: 17274106, 2007.

Bailey EF, Huang YH, Fregosi RF. Anatomic consequences of intrinsic tongue muscle activation. J Appl Physiol. 101(5):1377-85, 2006.

Fregosi RF, Quan SF, Morgan WL, Goodwin JL, Cabrera R, Shareif I, Fridel KW, Bootzin RR. Pharyngeal critical pressure in children with mild sleep-disordered breathing.
J Appl Physiol. 101(3):734-9, 2006,

Bailey EF, Fregosi RF. Modulation of upper airway muscle activities by bronchopulmonary afferents. J Appl Physiol. 101(2):609-17, 2006.

Fregosi RF, Quan SF. MRI of pharyngeal airway in children with sleep-disordered breathing. J Appl Physiol. 99(6):2470; author reply 2470, 2005.

John J, Bailey EF, Fregosi RF. Respiratory-related discharge of genioglossus muscle motor units. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 172(10):1331-7, 2005.

Bailey EF, Janssen PL, Fregosi RF. PO2-dependent changes in intrinsic and extrinsic tongue muscle activities in the rat. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 171(12):1403-7, 2005.

Last updated: 2/21/2007