Sympathetic nervous system regulation of the tumour microenvironment

Regulation of catecholamine metabolism in the sympathetic nervous system.

The sympathetic nervous system in white adipose tissue regulation.

Sympathetic stimulation has long been recognized to mobilise fatty acids from white adipose tissue. However, it is now apparent that adipose tissue is not only concerned with energy storage as fat, but is a major endocrine and secretory organ. This change has resulted from the identification of leptin as a hormone of energy balance secreted by white adipose tissue. The sympathetic system is a k...

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...

Neuropeptide Y and sympathetic nervous system in blood pressure regulation.

Neuropeptide Y and Sympathetic Nervous System in Blood Pressure Regulation To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent article by Dr Michalkiewicz and his colleagues1 dealing with a possible link between neuropeptide Y (NPY) and sympathetic nervous system in the NPY-transgenic rats. The results of their presented study demonstrated that overexpression of endogenous NPY in the transgen...

The Surgery of the Sympathetic Nervous System