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The Brain and Pain explores the present and future of pain management, providing a comprehensive understanding based on the latest discoveries from many branches of neuroscience. Current and thorough, it will be invaluable for a range of people seeking to understand their options for treatment as well as students in neuroscience and medicine.
List of contents
Introduction and Nomenclature
Section I: The Basic Pain Pathway and the Molecular Mechanisms That Determine the Intensity and Duration of Pain1. Pain as a Property of the Nervous System
2. Organization of the Human Nervous System: From Nerves to Neurons
3. Pain: Perception and Attribution
4. The Molecular Neurobiology of Pain
5. Adaptation
6. Molecular Signals for Persistent Pain
7. The Sources of Pain
Section II: The Modulation of Pain by Circuits in the Brain8. The External Modulation of Pain: Descending Systems
9. Alleviating Pain: The Pharmacological Approach
10. The Neuromatrix
11. The Brain and Pain
12. The Mind Regulating the Mind
13. Pain Management: Present and Future
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the author
Richard Ambron is emeritus professor of pathology, anatomy, and cell biology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, where he codirected the clinical anatomy course for first-year medical and dental students. For forty years, he directed a laboratory that investigated the molecular bases of nerve regeneration and the molecular pathways responsible for pain.
Summary
The Brain and Pain explores the present and future of pain management, providing a comprehensive understanding based on the latest discoveries from many branches of neuroscience. Current and thorough, it will be invaluable for a range of people seeking to understand their options for treatment as well as students in neuroscience and medicine.
