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• Clinical Instructor, Dept. of Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin 
  University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI PhD Veterinary Science 2003 
  University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI MS Veterinary Science 1997
  Ohio State University, Columbus, OH DVM Veterinary Medicine (cum laude) 1993

Baker-Herman TL, Fuller DD, Zabka AG, Bavis RW, Johnson RA and GS Mitchell. Intermittent hypoxia regulates ventral spinal BDNF by a serotonin-dependent mechanism: role in respiratory plasticity. Nature Neurosci 7(1): 48-55, 2004.

Johnson RA and GS Mitchell. Exercise-induced changes in hippocampal BDNF and NT-3: effects of rat strain. Brain Research 983: 108-114, 2003.

Johnson RA, Rhodes JS, Jeffrey SL, Garland T Jr and GS Mitchell. Hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor but not neurotrophin-3 increases more in mice selected for increased voluntary wheel running. Neuroscience 121: 1-7, 2003.

Fuller DD, Johnson SM, Johnson RA and GS Mitchell. Chronic cervical spinal sensory denervation reveals ineffective spinal pathways to phrenic motoneurons in the rat. Neurosci Lett 323: 25-28, 2002 

Johnson RA and GS Mitchell. p-Chlorophenylalanine eliminates long-term modulation of the exercise ventilatory response in goats. Resp Physiol 128(2): 161-169, 2001.

Johnson RA, Okragly AJ, Haak-Frendscho M and GS Mitchell. Cervical dorsal rhizotomy increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 expression in the ventral spinal cord. J Neurosci 20(RC77): 1-5, 2000.