Memantine and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Effects of treatment and cortical reorganisation;Memantine und Komplexes Regionales Schmerzsyndrom (CRPS): Behandlungseffekte und kortikale reorganisation

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 164-171

  Sinis, Nektarios ^a   Birbaumer, N ^a,b   Schwarz, A ^a   Gustin, Sylvia M ^a   Unertl, K ^a   Schaller, H E ^a   Haerle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical reorganisation; CRPS; Memantine; Neuropathic pain; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33745886804     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924180     Document Type: Article

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