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

Thursday, June 5, 2008

beta blockers which block adrenaline can affect memory

Norepinephrine has also been implicated with memory and the beta blockers which block adrenaline can affect memory. Glutamate is important for stimulation of memory and medications which block the NMDA glutamate receptors can adversely affect memory. Serotonin can also play a role in memory. Finally, as mentioned above, the dopamine system working subcortically can affect the working memory in the frontal lobes.
Symposium 1999 – "Parkinson’s Power Across America