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Acute and Long-term VNS Effects on Pain Perception in a Case of Treatment-Resistant Depression

Jeffrey J. Borckardt Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Berry Anderson Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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F. Andrew Kozel Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
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Ziad Nahas Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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A. Richard Smith Department of Anesthesiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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K. Jackson Thomas Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Samet Kose Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Mark S. George Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Pages 216-220 | Received 17 Nov 2005, Accepted 02 May 2006, Published online: 21 Mar 2007

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