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

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Effect of sympathetic denervation on the rate of protein synthesis

On the other hand, clenbuterol or epinephrine (10-5 M) increased by 20% the rate of protein synthesis in soleus muscles from adrenodemedullated rats and prevented its decrease in muscles from fasted rats. The data suggest that the sympathetic nervous system stimulates protein synthesis in oxidative muscles, probably through the activation of {beta}2-adrenoceptors, especially in situations of hormonal or nutritional deficiency.
Luiz Carlos C. Navegantes, Neusa M. Z. Resano, Amanda M. Baviera, Renato H. Migliorini, and Isis C. Kettelhut

Department of Physiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Submitted 18 August 2003 ; accepted in final form 28 November 2003

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