Spinal cord injury impairs cardiac function due to impaired bulbospinal sympathetic control

Autor: Mary P. M. Fossey, Shane J. T. Balthazaar, Jordan W. Squair, Alexandra M. Williams, Malihe-Sadat Poormasjedi-Meibod, Tom E. Nightingale, Erin Erskine, Brian Hayes, Mehdi Ahmadian, Garett S. Jackson, Diana V. Hunter, Katharine D. Currie, Teresa S. M. Tsang, Matthias Walter, Jonathan P. Little, Matt S. Ramer, Andrei V. Krassioukov, Christopher R. West
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29066-1
Popis: By combining experimental models with prospective clinical studies, the authors show that spinal cord injury causes a rapid reduction in cardiac function that precedes structural changes, and that the loss of descending sympathetic control is the major cause of reduced cardiac function following spinal cord injury.
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