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

Friday, June 13, 2008

SNS dysregulation is a critical component of the immune system dysregulation

D. Lorton, C. Lubahn and D. Bellinger
Abstract:
Evidence that the SNS can enhance or suppress inflammation and immune function, that SNS dysregulation is a critical component of the immune system dysregulation which drives RA pathology, and that the SNS may be targeted in RA to restore immune system homeostasis and prevent disease pathology, will be presented.
Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology
Neuroimmunology
Abel Lajtha, Armen Galoyan and Hugo O. Besedovsky