Journal of Neurochemistry
Volume 56 Issue 2, Pages 681 - 689
Published Online: 5 Oct 2006
Received March 28, 1990 revised manuscript received July 12, 1990; accepted August 14, 1990.
"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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Superior cervical ganglionectomy caused a marked decrease in noradrenaline concentrations in major cerebral arteries
Superior cervical ganglionectomy caused a marked decrease in noradrenaline concentrations in major cerebral arteries (−77%), although the reduction was less pronounced (−34%) in small pial vessels. Sympathectomy decreased by 33% 5-HT concentrations in the major cerebral arteries but was without effect on 5-HT levels in the small pial vessels.