| Weinshilboum, Richard; Axelrod, Julius | ||
| Publication: | Science, Volume 173, Issue 4000, pp. 931-934 | |
| Publication Date: | 09/1971 | |
| Origin: | JSTOR |
"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260
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Serum Dopamine-β -Hydroxylase: Decrease after Chemical Sympathectomy
Dopamine-β -hydroxylase is an enzyme that is localized to catecholamine-containing vesicles in sympathetic nerves and the adrenal medulla, and is also found in the serum. Treatment of rats with 6-hydroxydopamine, a drug which destroys sympathetic nerve terminals, leads to a decrease in serum dopamine-β -hydroxylase activity.