Reappearance of sympathetic skin response below a thoracic level-9 complete spinal cord injury

Kumru, Hatice; Schubert, Martin; Benito, Jesus; Opisso, Eloy; Vidal, Joan

doi:10.1016/j.autneu.2013.11.003

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Reappearance of sympathetic skin response below a thoracic level-9 complete spinal cord injury

Kumru, Hatice; Schubert, Martin; Benito, Jesus; Opisso, Eloy; Vidal, Joan (2014). Reappearance of sympathetic skin response below a thoracic level-9 complete spinal cord injury. Autonomic Neuroscience, 181:90-93.

Abstract

Reappearance of sympathetic skin response (SSR) below lesion is reported in a patient with a complete thoracic-9 spinal cord injury 6months following injury. SSR was elicited by electrical stimulation of supraorbital nerve (SON) and pudendal nerve (PN). SON stimulation induced SSRs only in the hand. SSRs were initially absent below the level of SCI but reappeared only with PN stimulation. This case suggests that 6months following a complete lesion, the isolated spinal cord can generate a SSR. Possible underlying mechanisms and implications for autonomic plasticity below spinal lesion are discussed in view of the literature.

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Item Type:	Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Balgrist University Hospital, Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Center
Dewey Decimal Classification:	610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:	Life Sciences > Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Health Sciences > Neurology (clinical) Life Sciences > Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Language:	English
Date:	2014
Deposited On:	06 Feb 2014 11:58
Last Modified:	24 Jan 2022 03:08
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1566-0702
OA Status:	Closed
Publisher DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2013.11.003
PubMed ID:	24359880