Leg sympathetic response to noxious skin stimuli is similar in high and low level human spinal cord injury

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 466-474

  Garrison, M Kevin ^a   Ng, Alexander V ^b   Schmit, Brian D ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia; Blood pressure; Conductance; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEG; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 37349038578     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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