Autonomic nervous system dysfunction after spinal cord injury.

Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UMNDJ-New Jersey Medical School, 30 Bergen Street, ADMC 101, Newark, NJ 07039, USA.

Published: May 2007

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays a key role in the regulation of many physiologic processes, mediated by supraspinal control from centers in the central nervous system. The role of autonomic dysfunction in persons with spinal cord injuries is crucial to understand because many aspects of the altered physiology seen in these individuals are directly caused by ANS dysregulation.

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