Case Report

Oral Local Anesthesia Successfully Ameliorated Neuropathic Pain in an Upper Limb Suggesting Pain Alleviation through Neural Plasticity within the Central Nervous System: A Case Report

Figure 1

Topographical somatotopic reorganization in the sensorimotor cortices following deafferentation by a brachial plexus avulsion injury (a) and normalization of the reorganization by application of local anesthesia in the mouth (b).
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