SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

Sympathetic nervous system neuroplasticity.

In human and experimental models of heart failure there is widespread change in the sympathetic nervous system. This involves preferential activation of the sympathetic nervous outflow to the heart, impairment of norepinephrine reuptake by sympathetic nerves, and reduction of the content of norepinephrine in the failing myocardium, attributable in part to sympathetic neuronal rarefaction.1–4 Mi...

Further Observations on the Determination of Catecholamine Metabolites in Tumours of Sympathetic Nervous System.

In 1961 one of us (M.B.) reported our first results (Bettex and Kiiser, 1962) of vanillyl-mandelic acid (= 3-methoxy-4-hydroxymandelic acid, MHMA) determination in the urine of children with tumours of the sympathetic nervous system. It was recognized a few years ago (Armstrong and McMillan, 1957, 1959; Armstrong, McMillan and Shaw, 1957; Axelrod, Senoh and Witkop, 1958; Axelrod, Inscoe, Senoh ...

The Surgery of the Sympathetic Nervous System

Sympathetic nervous system and hypertension.

Sympathetic Nervous System and Hypertension Print ISSN: 0194-911X. Online ISSN: 1524-4563 Copyright © 2013 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Hypertension doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00633 2013;61:556-560; originally published online January 28, 2013; Hypertension. http://hyper.ahajo...

The effects of perhexiline on the sympathetic nervous system.

The effects of perhexiline on sympathetic nervous system function were studied in vitro and in vivo. Perhexiline decreased the field stimulation-induced contractile response of the isolated vas deferens and significantly decreased the quantity of norepinephrine released during stimulation of this preparation. In vivo studies in dogs showed that perhexiline reduced the heart rate response to car...