EFFECT OF SYMPATHETIC SUPERIOR CERVICAL-GANGLION ABLATION ON PARATHYROID-HORMONE AND CALCIUM LEVELS IN THE RAT

Authors
STERN JE LADIZESKY MG SARMIENTO MIK CARDINALI DP
Citation
Je. Stern et al., EFFECT OF SYMPATHETIC SUPERIOR CERVICAL-GANGLION ABLATION ON PARATHYROID-HORMONE AND CALCIUM LEVELS IN THE RAT, Neuro endocrinology letters, 15(3), 1993, pp. 221-226
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism",Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuro endocrinology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
0172780X
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
221 - 226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-780X(1993)15:3<221:EOSSCA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
In rats subjected to a superior cervical ganglionectomy (SCGx) or sham -operation 10 days earlier and injected with EDTA, the hypocalcemia ac hieved was undistinguishable in both groups, except for a slower retur n to pre-EDTA values in the SCGx group. Circulating parathyroid hormon e (PTH) levels were significantly higher, and the increase after EDTA slower, in SCGx rats. The results indicate that a modified calcium-PTH regulation followed chronic sympathetic denervation of parathyroid gl ands in rats.