Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain

K.G. Usunoff, A. Popratiloff, Oliver Schmitt, Andreas Wree (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

X, 120 Seiten

2005 | 2006
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-28162-7 (ISBN)

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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".

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.12.2005
Reihe/Serie	Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology
Zusatzinfo	X, 120 p. 19 illus., 13 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	265 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
Schlagworte	anatomy • chronic pain • neuropathic pain • Neuropathic pain • Nociception • pain perception • perception • postherpetic neuralgia • Schmerz
ISBN-10	3-540-28162-2 / 3540281622
ISBN-13	978-3-540-28162-7 / 9783540281627
Zustand	Neuware