The changes in human spinal sympathetic preganglionic neurons after spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-13

  Krassioukov, A V ^a   Bunge, R P ^b   Pucket, W R ^b   Bygrave, M A ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Cardiovascular control; Morphometry; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 0032996748     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100718     Document Type: Article

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