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Sympathectomy

Known as: Denervations, Sympathetic, Sympathetic Denervations, surgical sympathectomy 
The removal or interruption of some part of the sympathetic nervous system for therapeutic or research purposes.
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

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Educational aspectsNervePsychosurgerySympathetic Nervous System

Broader (3)

ExcisionNeurosurgical ProceduresOperative procedure on nerve

Narrower (4)

ImmunosympathectomyLumbar sympathectomyPeriarterial sympathectomypresacral neurectomy

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The effects of axotomy and preganglionic denervation on the expression of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP), galanin and PACAP type 1 receptors in the rat superior cervical…
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Further substantiation of a significant role for the sympathetic nervous system in inflammation
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Co-existence of neuropeptides in sympathetic, cranial autonomic and sensory neurons innervating the iris of the guinea-pig.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Peripheral autonomic surface potential A quantitative technique for recording sympathetic conduction in man
Review
1984
Review
1984
Deafferentation in animals as a model for the study of pain: an alternative hypothesis
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
The level of nerve growth factor (NGF) as a function of innervation. A correlation radio-immunoassay and bioassay study of the rat iris.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Ultrastructural localization of VIP-like immunoreactivity in large dense-core vesicles of ‘cholinergic-type’ nerve terminals in cat exocrine glands
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
beta-Adrenergic and muscarinic receptors in developing rat parotid glands. Selective effect of neonatal sympathetic denervation.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Antidiuretic hormone release and the pressor response to central angiotensin II and cholinergic stimulation
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
EFFECTS OF BRETYLIUM, RESERPINE, GUANETHIDINE AND SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION ON THE NORADRENALINE CONTENT OF THE RAT SUBMAXILLARY GLAND.
After sympathetic denervation the noradrenaline content of the rat submaxillary gland decreased slowly during the first 8 hours… 
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