Traumatic injury of spinal axons
This chapter discusses the mechanisms of axonal loss and dysfunction in spinal cord injury. It focuses on the primary causes of axonal injury, the subsequent extracellular ionic derangements that occur at the injury site, and neurotransmitter-mediated secondary injury mechanisms.
Keywords: axonal loss, spinal cord injury, axonal injury, axonal dysfunction, extracellular ionic derangements
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