Neuropathic pain : pathophysiology and treatment

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hansson, Per T. (ed.)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Colección:(Progress in pain research and management ; v. 21)
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface.
  • Aspects of clinical and experimental neuropathic pain : the clinical perspective.
  • Sodium channels as therapeutic targets in neuropathic pain.
  • Cytokines and neuropathic pain.
  • Human studies of primary nociceptors in neuropathic pain.
  • Central nervous system mechanisms of pain in peripheral neuropathy.
  • Tonic descending facilitation as a mechanism of neuropathic pain.
  • The role of the sympathetic nervous system in neuropathic pain : clinical observations and animal models.
  • Postherpetic neuralgia : a model for neuropathic pain?.
  • Antidepressants in the treatment of neuropathic pain.
  • Anticonvulsants and antiarrhythmics in the treatment of neuropathic pain syndromes.
  • Efficacy of opioids in neuropathic pain.
  • Topical local anesthetics for neuropathic pain.
  • Central nervous system stimulation for neuropathic pain.
  • Neuropathic pain : the near and far horizon.