Autonomic dysreflexia increases plasma adrenaline level in the chronic spinal cord-injured rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-162

  Leman, Samuel ^a   Bernet, François ^a   Sequeira, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; Adrenaline; Autonomic dysreflexia; Noradrenaline; Pharmacologic management; Rat; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BALLOON DILATATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; EPINEPHRINE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0034625678     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01111-3     Document Type: Article

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