Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain
By: Usunoff, Kamen G [author.].
Contributor(s): Popratiloff, Anastas [author.] | Schmitt, Oliver [author.] | Wree, Andreas [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: BookSeries: Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology: 184Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.Description: X, 120 p. 19 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540281665.Subject(s): Medicine | Neurosciences | Biomedicine | NeurosciencesDDC classification: 612.8 Online resources: Click here to access onlineItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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E books | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK2791 |
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.
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