Case Report: Limbic System Activation by Intravenous Lidocaine in a Patient with a Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Major Depression

Pain Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 358-361

  Leong, Michael S ^a   Brent Solvason, H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain; Lidocaine; Limbic System; Mood Disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347303286     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4637.2000.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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