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Romana Vavrek

University of Alberta ORCID

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R Vavrek, R. Vavrek, Romana Vavrek, Vavrek, Romana

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1.4K

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University of Alberta Women and Children’s Health Research Institute University of Miami

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Romana Vavrek is an author at University of Alberta specializing in medicine, spinal cord injury, and neurorehabilitation.

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#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Medicine	13	13	1.2K
2	Health Sciences	6	6	282
3	Social Sciences	5	5	704
4	Engineering	1	1	57
5	Biomedical Engineering	1	1	57

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1.4K

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	Year	Citations
Recovery of motoneuron and locomotor function after spinal cord injury depends on constitutive activity in 5-HT2C receptors Katherine C. Murray, Aya Nakae, Marilee J. Stephens, Nature Medicine Spinal Cord InjuryNeurophysiologyNeuroanatomyMedicineNeurological Function	2010	405
BDNF promotes connections of corticospinal neurons onto spared descending interneurons in spinal cord injured rats Romana Vavrek Brain NeuroregenerationSpinal Cord InjuryNeuroanatomyMedicineNeurological Function	2006	231
Pericytes impair capillary blood flow and motor function after chronic spinal cord injury Yaqing Li, Ana M. Lucas‐Osma, Sophie Black, Nature Medicine Spinal Cord InjurySpinal DisorderPhysiologyBiomechanicsCapillary Blood Flow	2017	167
Eliciting inflammation enables successful rehabilitative training in chronic spinal cord injury Abel Torres‐Espín, Juan Forero, Keith K. Fenrich, Brain Neurological RehabilitationMotor ControlNeurological InjurySpinal DisorderInflammation	2018	95
Locomotion After Spinal Cord Injury Depends on Constitutive Activity in Serotonin Receptors Karim Fouad, Michelle M. Rank, Romana Vavrek, Journal of Neurophysiology Motor ControlNeurotransmissionConstitutive ActivitySpinal DisorderReceptor Activity	2010	86
Neuronal Populations Capable of Regeneration following a Combined Treatment in Rats with Spinal Cord Transection Romana Vavrek, Damien D. Pearse, Karim Fouad Journal of Neurotrauma	2007	79
Long-Term Viral Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Delivery Promotes Spasticity in Rats with a Cervical Spinal Cord Hemisection Karim Fouad, David J. Bennett, Romana Vavrek, Frontiers in Neurology	2013	59
Transplantation and repair: Combined cell implantation and chondroitinase delivery prevents deterioration of bladder function in rats with complete spinal cord injury Karim Fouad, Damien D. Pearse, Wolfram Tetzlaff, Spinal Cord Regenerative MedicineTransplantation SurgeryTissue EngineeringNeuroregenerationSpinal Cord Injury	2009	57
Self-directed rehabilitation training intensity thresholds for efficient recovery of skilled forelimb function in rats with cervical spinal cord injury Keith K. Fenrich, Ben W. Hallworth, Romana Vavrek, Experimental Neurology Spinal Cord InjuryKinesiologyEfficient RecoveryFunctional RecoverySpinal Trauma	2020	34
Synthesis, transport, and metabolism of serotonin formed from exogenously applied 5-HTP after spinal cord injury in rats Yaqing Li, Lisa Li, Marilee J. Stephens, Journal of Neurophysiology NeurotransmitterNeuroregenerationSpinal Cord TransectionBrain InjuryNeurology	2013	32

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