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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University of British Columbia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42136 |