Plasticity of primary afferent neurons and sensory processing after spinal cord injury

• मुख्य लेखक: Jeffrey C. Petruska (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Charles Hubscher (auth), Alexander Rabchevsky (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Physiology; sensory systems; sensory neurons; sensory plasticity; spinal cord injury (SCI); sensory perceptions
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Traumatic injury of the spinal cord affects the entire organism directly and indirectly. Primary injury destroys neurons and severs axons which participate in neural circuits. Secondary injuries and pathologies arise from numerous sources including systemic inflammation, consequential damage of cuta...