UID:
almahu_9949419434002882
Format:
X, 120 p. 19 illus., 13 illus. in color.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2006.
ISBN:
9783540281665
Series Statement:
Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 184
Content:
Pain is an unpleasant but very important biological signal for danger. Nociception is necessary for survival and maintaining the integrity of the organism in a potentially hostile environment. Pain is both a sensory experience and a perceptual metaphor for damage and it is activated by noxious stimuli that act on a complex pain sensory apparatus. However, chronic pain having no more a protective role can become a ruining disease itself, termed "neuropathic pain".
Note:
Introduction -- Functional neuroanatomy of the pain system -- Primary afferent neuron -- Distribution of nociceptor peripheral endings -- Termination in the spinal cord and spinal trigeminal nucleus -- Ascending pathways of the spinal cord and of the STN -- Dorsal column nuclei and nociception -- Cerebellum and nociception -- Cortices involved in pain perception and thalamocortical projection -- Descending modulatory pathways -- Neuropathic pain -- Central changes consequent to peripheral nerve injury -- The role of glial cells -- Neuropathology of herpes zoster (HZ) and of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) -- Diabetic neuropathic pain -- Cancer neuropathic pain -- Central neuropathic pain -- Concluding remarks -- Summary -- Subject index.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540813897
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540281627
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/3-540-28166-5
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28166-5
