Pain Responses on Stimulation of the Lumbar Sympathetic Chain Under Local Anesthesia

1 November 1949

journal article
research article
Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery

Vol. 6 (6) , 530-533
https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1949.6.6.0530

Abstract

In 3 humans, stimulation (60-cycle A. C, 2 V for 2 sec.) of the intact or sectioned autonomic trunk or ganglion at L3 caused pain, which was especially severe on stimulation of the proximal stump of the sectioned trunk, but could be produced by stimulation of the peripheral stump.

Keywords

NERVOUS SYSTEM, SYMPATHETIC

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