TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges and opportunities of sensory plasticity after SCI
AU - Petruska, Jeffrey C.
AU - Hubscher, Charles H.
AU - Rabchevsky, Alexander G.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Even in cases of spinal cord injury (SCI) where sensory perceptions do not arise from stimuli applied to below-level regions, sensory input to the spinal cord, carried by spinal sensory afferents, still occurs and influences the central and autonomic nervous systems (CNS, ANS). This is true also of the vagal system which provides non-spinal innervation of viscera below many spinal cord injuries. It is therefore important to consider (1) how the neurochemical, anatomical, and electrophysiological properties of these sensory neurons, and the processing of the inputs by the CNS and ANS, is altered by SCI, (2) whether and how they may play a role in pathologies, and (3) how they may interact with treatment strategies. This Research Topic addresses plasticity of sensory systems after SCI, with a non-exclusive focus on systems below the level of the injury.
AB - Even in cases of spinal cord injury (SCI) where sensory perceptions do not arise from stimuli applied to below-level regions, sensory input to the spinal cord, carried by spinal sensory afferents, still occurs and influences the central and autonomic nervous systems (CNS, ANS). This is true also of the vagal system which provides non-spinal innervation of viscera below many spinal cord injuries. It is therefore important to consider (1) how the neurochemical, anatomical, and electrophysiological properties of these sensory neurons, and the processing of the inputs by the CNS and ANS, is altered by SCI, (2) whether and how they may play a role in pathologies, and (3) how they may interact with treatment strategies. This Research Topic addresses plasticity of sensory systems after SCI, with a non-exclusive focus on systems below the level of the injury.
KW - Sensory neurons
KW - Sensory perceptions
KW - Sensory plasticity
KW - Sensory systems
KW - Spinal cord injury (SCI)
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U2 - 10.3389/fphys.2013.00231
DO - 10.3389/fphys.2013.00231
M3 - Article
C2 - 23986722
AN - SCOPUS:84884510777
SN - 1664-042X
VL - 4 AUG
JO - Frontiers in Physiology
JF - Frontiers in Physiology
M1 - Article 231
ER -