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Romana Vavrek

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16

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15

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2006

Active since

Affiliations

University of Alberta(Current)

Women and Children’s Health Research Institute

University of Miami

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

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MedicineSpinal Cord InjuryNeurorehabilitationCentral Nervous SystemNeurologyNeuroscienceSpinal InjuryRehabilitationNeuroanatomyNeuroregeneration

Publications per year

2006–2020

16

Publications

16

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 et al. · Nature Medicine · 2010 · 405 citations · Full text

Spinal Cord Injury, Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy +14

BDNF promotes connections of corticospinal neurons onto spared descending interneurons in spinal cord injured rats

Romana Vavrek · Brain · 2006 · 231 citations

Neuroregeneration, Spinal Cord Injury, Neuroanatomy +15

Pericytes impair capillary blood flow and motor function after chronic spinal cord injury

Yaqing Li, Ana M. Lucas‐Osma, Sophie Black et al. · Nature Medicine · 2017 · 167 citations · Full text

Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Disorder, Physiology +11

Eliciting inflammation enables successful rehabilitative training in chronic spinal cord injury

Abel Torres‐Espín, Juan Forero, Keith K. Fenrich et al. · Brain · 2018 · 95 citations · Full text

Neurological Rehabilitation, Motor Control, Neurological Injury +19

Locomotion After Spinal Cord Injury Depends on Constitutive Activity in Serotonin Receptors

Karim Fouad, Michelle M. Rank, Romana Vavrek et al. · Journal of Neurophysiology · 2010 · 86 citations · Full text

Motor Control, Neurotransmission, Constitutive Activity +19

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