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, June 15, 2008

It has been shown that the processing of visual informaiton is significantly changed as heart rate and carotid pressure changed

For example, the effects of cardiac afferent
input on sensory perception have been studied by
looking at how these signals affect processing in the
visual system. It has been shown that the process-
ing of visual information is significantly changed
as heart rate and carotid pressure change. These
findings provide confirmation of the Laceys’ earlier
behavioral evidence that cardiovascular activity in-
fluences sensory intake.

Rollin McCraty, Ph.D.