Assessing the capacity of the sympathetic nervous system to respond to a cardiovascular challenge in human spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 666-672

  Brown, R ^a   Macefield, V G ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cutaneous blood flow; Heart rate; Inspiratory capacity apnoea; Spinal cord injury; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY VENTILATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATION; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 53249134627     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2008.35     Document Type: Article

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