Understanding Pain : Exploring the Perception of Pain / Fernando Cervero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cervero, Fernando, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pain.

Pain perception.

Pain--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cervero explores the mechanisms and the meaning of pain. You touch something hot and your brain triggers a reflex action that causes you to withdraw your hand. That kind of pain is actually good for us; it acts as an alarm that warns us of danger and keeps us away from harm. There is another kind of pain that is more like a curse: chronic pain that is not related to injury. Cervero describes current research into the mysteries of chronic pain and efforts to develop more effective treatments.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 A Biological Enigma: The Meaning of Pain; 2 How Much It Hurts: Measuring Pain; 3 Nociceptors: Sensing Pain; 4 The Enchanted Loom: Pain Networks; 5 Pain Dynamics: Sensitization; 6 I Feel Your Pain: Perception and the Brain; 7 A Certain Gut Feeling: Visceral Pain; 8 A Mere Curse: Neuropathic Pain; 9 Sex, Genes, and Stress: Pain Modulation; 10 A Pain-Free World: Curing Pain; Epilogue; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-30450-3

1-283-57463-2

9786613887085

0-262-30543-7

OCLC:

809043366

Publisher Number:

9786613887085