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sympathetic nervous system
Also see autonomic nervous system. Presynaptic neurons of the sympathetic nervous system have their cell bodies in the intermediolateral column of T1-L2. The sympathetic ganglia are the paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetic trunk & the lumbar & sacral prevertebral or collateral ganglia. Postsynaptic (postganglionic) neurons typically use noradrenaline as a neurotransmitter. Exception is sweat glands.
Related
sympatholytic; alpha & beta blockers; adrenergic neuron inhibitors; adrenolytic
sympathomimetic (alpha & beta agonists)
General
autonomic nervous system
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
sympathetic trunk (ganglionic chain)
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