Peripheral plasticity after spinal cord injury and ramifications for cardiovascular function

Cardiovascular problems create life-long challenges for people living with spinal cord injury (SCI). When SCI occurs above the sixth thoracic segment (T6), it isolates spinal circuitry governing the critical splanchnic vascular bed, and creates the conditions for autonomic dysreflexia (AD), episodic...

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Main Author: Ramer, Leanne Margaret
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42136