An introduction to pain and its relations to nervous system disorders /

"Introduction to Pain and its relations to Nervous System Disorders provides an accessible overview of the latest developments in the science underpinning pain research, including, but not limited to, the physiological, pathological and psychological aspects. This unique book fills a gap in cur...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Battaglia, Anna A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2016]
Temas:
Pain > Research.
Nervous system > Diseases.
Pain > complications
Pain > etiology
Nervous System Diseases > complications
Nervous System Diseases
Douleur > Recherche.
Système nerveux > Maladies.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Neuroscience.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Nervous system > Diseases
Pain > Research
Internet Resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on authors
  • Introduction
  • Section I Neurobiology of pain: Recent advances
  • Chapter 1 Anatomy of pain pathways
  • Basic organisation of spinal pain pathways
  • Primary afferent input to the dorsal horn
  • Projection neurons and ascending tracts
  • Dorsal horn interneurons
  • Descending pathways
  • Neuronal circuits
  • Future directions
  • References
  • Chapter 2 Spinal plasticity of the nociceptive system: the role of central sensitisation in chronic pain states
  • Introduction.
  • Chapter 8 Brain imaging in experimental pain
  • Brain-imaging methods
  • Brain imaging of experimental acute pain
  • Salience, pain and specificity
  • Concluding remarks
  • References
  • Chater 9 Placebo effects in pain
  • Introduction
  • Definitions
  • Psychological mechanisms
  • Neurobiological mechanisms
  • Clinical implications
  • Controversy
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 10 Psychology and pain
  • Introduction
  • Pain experiences and physical causation
  • 'Nocebo': an interesting example of pain appearing without a painful stimulus
  • Pain defined
  • The impact of chronic pain.
  • Nociceptive pain and nociception
  • Mechanisms of central sensitisation
  • Central sensitisation in pathological states
  • Other diseases with chronic pain syndromes
  • Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Symptoms and pathology in neuropathic pain
  • Introduction
  • Defining and diagnosing neuropathic pain
  • Epidemiology and management
  • Sensory signs and symptoms
  • Physiology and pathophysiology in neuropathic pain
  • Peripheral pathology in neuropathic pain
  • Central pathology in neuropathic pain
  • Roles of the immune system in neuropathic pain
  • Conclusion.
  • Pharmacological tools for investigating the endocannabinoid system
  • Cannabinoids and nociception
  • Which cannabinoid for which pain
  • Conclusions and perspectives
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Ephb receptors and persistent pain
  • A brief introduction to Eph receptors and their ligands, the ephrins
  • Ephb receptors and hypersensitivity in inflammatory and neuropathic pain
  • Ephb receptors in visceral and cancer pain
  • Ephb receptors and morphine tolerance
  • A few open questions
  • Potential for translation
  • Overview
  • References
  • Section II Pain in the brain.

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