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The human pain system : experimental and clinical perspectives /
"Pain is a subject of increasing scientific and clinical interest. Studies of non-primate animal models have contributed greatly to our knowledge of pain. Nonetheless, investigators often refer to basic neuroscientific and behavioral studies of humans and non-human primates to emphasize the rel...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Discovery of the anterolateral system and its role as a pain pathway
- Organization of the central pain pathways
- Physiology of cells of origin of spinal cord and brainstem projections
- Physiology of supraspinal pain, related structures
- Functional brain imaging of acute pain in healthy humans
- Pain modulatory systems
- Peripheral and central mechanisms and manifestations of chronic pain and sensitization
- Functional imaging of chronic pain
- Functional implications of spinal and forebrain procedures for the treatment of chronic pain.