Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2006. |
| Series: | Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology,
184 |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.