Autonomic dysreflexia: a cardiovascular disorder following spinal cord injury

Autonomic dysreflexia: a cardiovascular disorder following spinal cord injury

Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a serious cardiovascular disorder in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The primary underlying cause of AD is loss of supraspinal control over sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs) caudal to the injury, which renders the SPNs hyper-responsive to stimulation. Cen...

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Main Authors: Hisham Sharif, Shaoping Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Neural Regeneration Research
Subjects:
autonomic dysreflexia; hyper-reflexia; sympathetic dysfunction; C-fibers; propriospinal axons; α-adrenoceptors; stem cell transplantation
Online Access:http://www.nrronline.org/article.asp?issn=1673-5374;year=2017;volume=12;issue=9;spage=1390;epage=1400;aulast=Sharif

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