the chemical destruction of one or more parts of the sympathetic nervous system
Examples of 'chemical sympathectomy' in a sentence
chemical sympathectomy
Intravenous prazosin was used to produce chemical sympathectomy.
Wilson Ranu Ramirez Nunez, Michiko Regina Ozaki, Adriana Mendes Vinagre, Edgard FerroCollares, Eros Antonio de Almeida 2015, 'Neural Mechanisms and Delayed Gastric Emptying of Liquid Induced Through Acute MyocardialInfarction in Rats', Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2015000200008&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Supporting this contention, chemical sympathectomy significantly reduced expression of this chemokine.
Kaitlin Murray, Dayn Romero Godinez, Ingrid Brust-Mascher, Elaine Nicole Miller, MelanieG. Gareau, Colin Reardon 2017, 'Neuroanatomy of the spleen: Mapping the relationship between sympathetic neurons andlymphocytes', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0182416. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Lumbar (chemical) sympathectomy was carried out in patients of study group 1 week before amputation.
Hammad Usmani, Muazzam Hasan, Muhammad Rehan Nazar Alam, Syed Hasan Harris, TariqMansoor, Abdul Quadir 2016, 'Effect of preamputation lumbar sympathectomy on stump pain of lower limbs in patientsof thromboangitis obliterans (Buerger′s disease)', Indian Journal of Painhttp://www.indianjpain.org/article.asp?issn=0970-5333;year=2016;volume=30;issue=2;spage=132;epage=137;aulast=Usmani. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)