Selective activation of muscle and skin nociceptors does not trigger exaggerated sympathetic responses in spinal-injured subjects

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 660-665

  Burton, A R ^a,c   Brown, R ^a   Macefield, V G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia; Nociceptors; Pain; Spinal cord injury; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; NOCICEPTORS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 53249140334     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2008.33     Document Type: Article

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