Decentralized cardiovascular autonomic control and cognitive deficits in persons with spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 74-81

  Wecht, Jill M ^a,b,c   Bauman, William A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Rehab Med Dept   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Arterial stiffness; Autonomic dysreflexia; Brain injury; Cerebral blood flow; Cognitive dysfunction; Heart rate; Neuropsychological testing; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMNESIA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; QUADRIPLEGIA; REACTION TIME; RESTING HEART RATE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGUS TONE; WORKING MEMORY;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84877603889     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772312Y.0000000056     Document Type: Review

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