A reduction in heat tolerance after Sympathectomy

Role of splanchnic and lumbar sympathetic nerves in physiologic responses to fever and hypoxia in dogs

W. G. Kubicek ¹, W. F. Geber ¹, J. W. Geiger ¹, and E. A. Johnson ¹
Am J Physiol 196: 685-690, 1959;
The most important function of the splanchnic and lumbar sympathetic nerves was apparently the control of the circulatory system and secondly the partial regulation of blood glucose probably through liberation of epinephrine from the adrenal medulla. A reduction in heat tolerance of the animals was observed after sympathectomy.