UID:
edocfu_9959083982002883
Format:
1 online resource (189 p.)
ISBN:
0-262-30450-3
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1-283-57463-2
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9786613887085
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0-262-30543-7
Content:
Cervero explores the mechanisms and the meaning of pain. You touch something hot and your brain triggers a reflex action that causes you to withdraw your hand. That kind of pain is actually good for us; it acts as an alarm that warns us of danger and keeps us away from harm. There is another kind of pain that is more like a curse: chronic pain that is not related to injury. Cervero describes current research into the mysteries of chronic pain and efforts to develop more effective treatments.
Note:
Includes index.
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Contents; Preface; 1 A Biological Enigma: The Meaning of Pain; 2 How Much It Hurts: Measuring Pain; 3 Nociceptors: Sensing Pain; 4 The Enchanted Loom: Pain Networks; 5 Pain Dynamics: Sensitization; 6 I Feel Your Pain: Perception and the Brain; 7 A Certain Gut Feeling: Visceral Pain; 8 A Mere Curse: Neuropathic Pain; 9 Sex, Genes, and Stress: Pain Modulation; 10 A Pain-Free World: Curing Pain; Epilogue; Glossary; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-262-52606-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-262-01804-7
Language:
English
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