Effect of treadmill training on autonomic dysreflexia in spinal cord-injured rats

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 910-920

  Laird, Angela S ^a   Carrive, Pascal ^a   Waite, Phil M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afferent sprouting; Colorectal distension; Locomotor ability; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION BLOCK; HEART RATE; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART RATE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 71049137754     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309335976     Document Type: Article

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