ADL Activities of Daily Living
AIS ASIA Impairment Scale
ANS Autonomic Nervous System
ASIA American Spinal Cord Injury Association
BP Blood Pressure
EPO Erythropoietin
FIM Functional Independence Measure
G-CSF Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor
GM-1 ganglioside Monosialotetrahexosylganglioside
HR Heart Rate
MP Methylprednisolone
MPSS Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NASCIS National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study
NMDA N-methyl-D-aspartate
PNS Parasympathetic Nervous System
RCT Randomized Controlled Trial
rhEPO Recombinant Human Erythropoietin
SCI Spinal Cord Injury
SNS Sympathetic Nervous System
TRH Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
