Understanding pain : exploring the perception of pain /

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An expert explores the nature of pain : why it hurts and why some pain is good and some pain is bad. If you touch something hot, it hurts. You snatch your hand away from the hot thing immediately. Obviously. But what is really happening, biologically - and emotionally? In 'Understanding Pain�...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cervero, Fernando (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
©2012
Subjects:
Pain.
Pain perception.
Pain > Treatment.
Pain > Measurement.
Pain
Pain Management
Pain Measurement
Pain Perception
Douleur.
Perception de la douleur.
Douleur > Traitement.
Douleur > Évaluation.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pain Management.
MEDICAL > Pain Medicine.
Pain > Measurement
Pain perception
Pain > Treatment
Schmerz
Wahrnehmung
Gefühl
Schmerzforschung
NEUROSCIENCE/General
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. A biological enigma : The meaning of pain
  • Chapter 2. How much it hurts : Measuring pain
  • Chapter 3. Nociceptors : Sensing pain
  • Chapter 4. The enchanted loom : Pain networks
  • Chapter 5. Pain dynamics : Sensitization
  • Chapter 6. I feel your pain : Perception and the brain
  • Chapter 7. A certain gut feeling : Visceral pain
  • Chapter 8. A mere curse : Neuropathic pain
  • Chapter 9. Sex, genes and stress : Pain modulation
  • Chapter 10. A pain free world : Curing pain
  • Epilogue
  • Glossary
  • Index.

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