K. G. Usunoff, Andreas Wree, Oliver Schmitt, A. Popratiloff

Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain

Von Kamen G. Usunoff, Anastas Popratiloff, Oliver Schmitt et al.

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Produktbeschreibung

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".

Produktdetails

• Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology Vol.184
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11533467
• 2006
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9783540281627
• ISBN-10: 3540281622
• Artikelnr.: 14979461

Autorenporträt

Kamen G. Usunoff, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria / Anastas Popratiloff, George Washington University Med. Centr. Washington DC, USA / Oliver Schmitt, Universität Rostock, Germany / Andreas Wree, Universität Rostock, Germany

Inhaltsangabe

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.