Autonomic dysreflexia after spinal cord transection or compression in 129Sv, C57BL, and Wallerian degeneration slow mutant mice

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 136-146

  Jacob, J E ^a   Gris, P ^a   Fehlings, M G ^b   Weaver, L C ^a   Brown, A ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia; Mouse; Spinal cord injury; Synaptic plasticity; Wallerian degeneration; Wlds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTANT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0042237041     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00161-4     Document Type: Article

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