Serotonergic transmission after spinal cord injury

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 279-295

  Nardone, Raffaele ^a,b   Höller, Yvonne ^a   Thomschewski, Aljoscha ^a   Höller, Peter ^a   Lochner, Piergiorgio ^b   Golaszewski, Stefan ^a   Brigo, Francesco ^b,c   Trinka, Eugen ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Locomotion; Monoclonal antibodies; Motor function; Pain; Serotonin; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84939896310     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-014-1241-z     Document Type: Review

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