FACIAL FLUSHING AND SWEATING MEDIATED BY THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
Department of Neurology,Prince Henry Hospital Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
It is concluded that the cervical sympathetic outflow is the main pathway for thermoregulatory flushing and emotional blushing and that diminution or absence of such vasodilator reactions is a usual component of Homer's syndrome unless the responsible lesion is confined to the first thoracic root. Gustatory vasodilatation and sweating is preserved and becomes exaggerated in some instances.
Received March 4, 1986. Revised July 22, 1986. Accepted August 5, 1986.
