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We describe such a procedure as fixed duration IH (FD-IH) and modulation of its severity, intermittency, and post-injury time-point of application differentially affects expression of breathing motor plasticity. As such, the established IH protocol exhibits similarity to instrumental conditioning and can be described as behavioral training through reinforcement. Findings from the field of operant conditioning, a form of more advanced learning, inspire the consideration that FD-IH protocols may be improved through exchanging fixed for varied durations of hypoxia between reinforcement. Thus, we hypothesized that varied duration intermittent hypoxia treatment (VD-IH) would induce greater breathing motor recovery ipsilateral to injury than FD-IH after cervical SCI in rats. 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