Relationship between severity of spinal cord injury and abnormalities in neurogenic cardiovascular control in conscious rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 365-374

  Maiorov, Dmitri N ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^b   Krassioukov, Andrei V ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia; Cardiovascular regulation; Clip injury; Colon distension; Inclined plane; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PRESSOR RESPONSE; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0031958675     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1998.15.365     Document Type: Article

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