The human pain system experimental and clinical perspectives

• Other Authors: Lenz, Frederick A. (Editor), Casey, Kenneth L. (Editor), Jones, Edward G. (Editor), Willis, William D. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010
• Subjects: Pain > physiopathology; Central Nervous System > physiopathology; Afferent Pathways > physiopathology
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Pain is a subject of significant scientific and clinical interest. This has resulted both from realistic rodent models, and the publication of imaging, psychological and pharmacological studies in humans. Investigators studying rodents refer to anatomical and physiological studies in non-human prima...

Table of Contents:

• 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.