Effects of highly selective sympathectomy on neurogenic bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury rats
Abstract Neurogenic bowel dysfunction, including hyperreflexic and areflexic bowel, is a common complication in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). We hypothesized that removing part of the colonic sympathetic innervation can alleviate the hyperreflexic bowel, and investigated the effect of symp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95158-5 |