Effects of gabapentin on muscle spasticity and both induced as well as spontaneous autonomic dysreflexia after complete spinal cord injury

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 AUG, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rabchevsky, Alexander G ^a   Patel, Samir P ^a   Lyttle, Travis S ^a   Eldahan, Khalid C ^a   O'Dell, Christopher R ^a   Zhang, Yi ^b   Popovich, Phillip G ^b   Kitzman, Patrick H ^a,c   Donohue, Kevin D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Colorectal distension; Heart rate; Neuropathic pain; Power spectral density; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866519571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00329     Document Type: Article

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