The amount of compensatory sweating depends on the patient, the damage that the white rami communicans incurs, and the amount of cell body reorganization in the spinal cord after surgery.
Other potential complications include inadequate resection of the ganglia, gustatory sweating, pneumothorax, cardiac dysfunction, post-operative pain, and finally Horner’s syndrome secondary to resection of the stellate ganglion.
www.ubcmj.com/pdf/ubcmj_2_1_2010_24-29.pdf

After severing the cervical sympathetic trunk, the cells of the cervical sympathetic ganglion undergo transneuronic degeneration
After severing the sympathetic trunk, the cells of its origin undergo complete disintegration within a year.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0442.1967.tb00255.x/abstract

Sunday, April 27, 2008

NPY in the regulation of autoimmune Th1 cells

Substantial evidence indicates a dysfunctional communication between the sympathetic nervous system and the immune system in Th1-mediated autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. In this Opinion, we propose that the sympathetic regulation of immunity is not only mediated by catecholamines but also involves neuropeptide Y (NPY), an additional postganglionic SNS transmitter that is shown to modulate various immunological functions in vitro and in vivo. Based on recent experimental findings, we believe that a more precise understanding of the role of NPY in the regulation of autoimmune Th1 cells will provide novel insights into the neuroimmunological basis of autoimmunity.

Sammy Bedouia, Sachiko Miyakec, Rainer H. Straubb, Stephan von Hörstena and Takashi Yamamurac, E-mail The Corresponding Author

aDepartment of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Medical School of Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany

bDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany

cDepartment of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan


Available online 20 August 2004.