Scholarly EP057 - Understanding Autonomic Dysreflexia and Addressing Hemodynamic Instability with Dr. Aaron Phillips
From SCI Science Perspectives by American Spinal Injury Association
April 3, 2026 · 29 min · Episode 57
About this episode
Dr. Aaron Phillips discusses research on autonomic dysreflexia and hemodynamic stability in spinal cord injury.
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Aaron Phillips, PhD, scientist and Associate Dean of the Medical School at the University of Calgary. In this conversation we discuss two papers, A neuronal architecture underlying autonomic dysreflexia published in the journal Nature, and An implantable system to restore hemodynamic stability after spinal cord injury published in the journal Nature Medicine. In these papers Dr. Phillips and his team first identify specific neuronal components, and their location, responsible for blood pressure increases due to autonomic dysreflexia. Then an implantable device is demonstrated to help control, via neuromodulation, blood pressure fluctuations in both pre-clinical models and people living with SCI. We invite you to listen in as Dr. Phillips outlines this tour de force in neurologically understanding, and intervening on, hemodynamic instability after SCI.
People in this episode
Guest: Aaron Phillips
Topics covered
- autonomic dysreflexia
- hemodynamic instability
- spinal cord injury
- neuromodulation
- neuroscience
Keywords
- autonomic dysreflexia
- hemodynamic instability
- spinal cord injury
- neuromodulation
- neuronal architecture
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Calgary, Nature, Nature Medicine
Books & works: A neuronal architecture underlying autonomic dysreflexia, An implantable system to restore hemodynamic stability after spinal cord injury
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