Editors
Dr Allan I. Basbaum
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Dr M. Catherine Bushnell
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Contents:
Introduction
1 The Adequate Stimulus
2 Pain Theories
3 Anatomy of Nociceptors
4 Molecular Biology of the Nociceptor/Transduction
5 Zoster-Associated Pain and Nociceptors
6 Ectopic Generators
7 Sodium Channels
8 Physiology of Nociceptors
9 Itch
10 Thermal Sensation (Cold and Heat) through Thermosensitive TRP Channel Activation
11 The Development of Nociceptive Systems
12 Appropriate/Inappropriate Developed ‘‘Pain’’ Paths
13 Pain Control: A Child-Centered Approach
14 Assaying Pain-Related Genes: Preclinical and Clinical Correlates
15 Evolutionary Aspects of Pain
16 Redheads and Pain
17 Autonomic Nervous System and Pain
18 Sympathetic Blocks for Pain
19 Sprouting in Dorsal Root Ganglia
20 Vagal Afferent Neurons and Pain
21 Sex, Gender, and Pain
22 Neurotrophins and Pain
23 Morphological and Neurochemical Organization of the Spinal Dorsal Horn
24 Spinal Cord Physiology of Nociception
25 What is a Wide-Dynamic-Range Cell?
26 Spinal Cord Mechanisms of Hyperalgesia and Allodynia
27 Glycine Receptors
28 Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury
29 Long-Term Potentiation in Pain Pathways
30 Immune System, Pain and Analgesia
31 Mechanisms of Glial Activation after Nerve Injury
32 Trigeminal Mechanisms of Nociception: Peripheral and Brainstem Organization
33 Migraine – A Disorder Involving Trigeminal Brainstem Mechanisms
34 Tooth Pain
35 Ascending Pathways: Anatomy and Physiology
36 Dorsal Columns and Visceral Pain
37 Visceral Pain
38 Irritable Bowel Syndrome
39 Pain in Childbirth
40 Urothelium as a Pain Organ
41 The Brainstem and Nociceptive Modulation
42 Emotional and Behavioral Significance of the Pain Signal and the Role of them Midbrain Periaqueductal Gray (PAG)
43 The Thalamus and Nociceptive Processing
44 Psychophysics of Sensations Evoked by Stimulation of the Human Central Nervous System
45 Nociceptive Processing in the Cerebral Cortex
46 Phantom Limb Pain
47 Human Insular Recording and Stimulation
48 The Rostral Agranular Insular Cortex
49 Descending Control Mechanisms
50 Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Controls (DNIC)
51 Fibromyalgia
52 Pain Perception – Nociception during Sleep
53 Pharmacological Modulation of Pain
54 Forebrain Opiates
55 Neuropathic Pain: Basic Mechanisms (Animal)
56 Animal Models and Neuropathic Pain
57 Neuropathic Pain: Clinical
58 Neurogenic Inflammation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
59 Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
60 Poststroke Pain
61 Psychophysics of Pain
62 Consciousness and Pain
63 Assessing Pain in Animals
64 Psychological Modulation of Pain
65 The Placebo Effect
66 Hypnotic Analgesia
Index
Product Details
Hardcover: 1120 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (September 15, 2008)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 0123746256
SBN-13 : 978-0123746252
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