Exaggerated auditory startle responses in patients with spinal cord injury

摘要

Central nervous system reorganization following spinal cord injury (SCI) may cause functional changes in the motor tracts in patients in whom increased auditory startle responses (ASRs) have been previously reported. We hypothesized that if increased ASRs in patients with incomplete SCI were due to compensatory mechanisms, these changes would be related to severity and/or localization of the lesion.