Central and peripheral analgesic properties of local anesthetics : effects of lidocaine on thalamic neurons and efficacy of ropivacaine in femoral 3-in-1 nerve blockade

This thesis is dedicated to the pharmacology & therapeutics of local anesthetics, with a specific focus on their analgesic properties. In the first section, laboratory studies emphasize central mechanisms of the prototype agent, lidocaine, whereas clinical studies in the second section invest...

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Main Author: Schwarz, Stephan
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13230