Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain

Pain is an unpleasant but very important biological signal for danger. Nociception is necessary for survival and maintaining the integrity of the organism in a potentially hostile environment. Pain is both a sensory experience and a perceptual metaphor for damage and it is activated by noxious stimu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Usunoff, K.G (Autor), Popratiloff, A. (Autor), Schmitt, Oliver (Autor), Wree, Andreas (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 184
Temas:
Neurosciences.
Neuroscience.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Functional neuroanatomy of the pain system
  • Primary afferent neuron
  • Distribution of nociceptor peripheral endings
  • Termination in the spinal cord and spinal trigeminal nucleus
  • Ascending pathways of the spinal cord and of the STN
  • Dorsal column nuclei and nociception
  • Cerebellum and nociception
  • Cortices involved in pain perception and thalamocortical projection
  • Descending modulatory pathways
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Central changes consequent to peripheral nerve injury
  • The role of glial cells
  • Neuropathology of herpes zoster (HZ) and of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)
  • Diabetic neuropathic pain
  • Cancer neuropathic pain
  • Central neuropathic pain
  • Concluding remarks
  • Summary
  • Subject index.

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