The dark side of neuroplasticity

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-141

  Brown, Arthur ^a   Weaver, Lynne C ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia; Neuroplasticity; Pain; Review; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR AA;

ALLODYNIA; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; DEAFFERENTATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPROTECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; AXONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84859908336     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.11.004     Document Type: Review

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