Molecular Pain [electronic resource].
Zhuo, Min.
Zhuo, MinContributor
Dordrecht   : Springer,
2007.
Pain is a major health concern and a growing field of research. Molecular biologists have made rapid progress in finding relationships between genetics and pain, and ""Molecular Pain"" is the first book specifically written to bring this research to doctors and pain scientists. Unlike traditional textbooks, this book utilizes basic neuroscience to explain the mechanisms of pain. It explores current pain medicine as well as alternative treatments for chronic pain, such as acupuncture. Edited by a leading neuroscientist and written by international experts, ""Molecular Pain"" is a concise and co
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Preliminaries; Major Contributors; Preface; The Guide to Use This Book; Contents; Part I Genes, Neurons and Neurotransmission; Chapter 1 Genes and Neurons; Chapter 2 Synapses: Coupling of Presynaptic; Chapter 3 Synaptic Vesicle Cycle at Nerve Terminals; Part II Giutamate, Excitatory Transmission and Pain; Chapter 4 Postsynaptic Excitatory Transmission; Chapter 5 Kainate Receptors; Chapter 6 Excitatory Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Regulation; Chapter 7 Spinal Glutamate Receptors; Chapter 8 Glutamate Kainate Receptor in Pain Transmission and Modulation
Part III Neuropeptides, ATP, Retrograde Messengers and OpioidsChapter 9 Neuropeptides; Chapter 10 ATP and Its Receptors in Pain; Chapter 11 Opioid Receptors; Chapter 12 Retrograde Messengers; Part IV Inhibitory Transmission and Plasticity; Chapter 13 Inhibitory Transmission; Chapter 14 Plasticity of Inhibition;  GABA/glycine systems; Part V Postsynaptic Signaling and Gene Regulation; Chapter 15 Protein Kinases and Phosphatases; Chapter 16 Activity-dependent Gene Regulation: How Do Synapses Talk to the Nucleus and Fine-Tune Neuronal Outputs?; Chapter 17 Second Messenger Pathways in Pain
Chapter 18 Genetic Approaches for the Study of PainPart VI Peripheral Nociceptor, Amygdala and Fear; Chapter 19 Peripheral Nociceptors; Chapter 20 Amygdala-Pain Processing and Pain Modulation; Chapter 21 Fear Learning; Part VII Spinal Plasticity, Reorganization and Chronic Pain; Chapter 22 Silent Glutamatergic Synapses and Long-term Facilitation in Spinal Dorsal Horn Neutrons; Chapter 23 Anatomical Changes in the Spinal Dorsal Horn after Peripheral Nerve Injury; Chapter 24 Spinal Microglia in Neuropathic Pain Plasticity; Part VIII Cortical Plasticity, Reorganization and Amputation
Chapter 25 ACC PlasticityChapter 26 Reorganization of the Sensorimotor System after Injury; Part IX Endogenous Analgesia and Other Form of Analgesia; Chapter 27 Endogenous Biphasic Modulation; Chapter 28 Paradoxical Analgesic and Hyperalgesic Effects of Stress; Chapter 29 Acupuncture Analgesia; Chapter 30 Mechanisms of Opioid Tolerance; Part X Models for Studying Pain and Searching for Pain Killers; Chapter 31 Models in Pain Research; Chapter 32 Models for Studying Pain and Searching for Pain Killers in Vitro Electrophysiological Studies of Pain
Chapter 33 Whole-cell Patch-clamp Recording in VivoChapter 34 Basic Mechanisms of Clinically Used Drugs; Selected References; Appendix I Units in Pain Research; Appendix II Useful Websites for the Study of Pain; Appendix III List of Scientific Journals Publishing Studies in Pain; Appendix IV Fundamental and Innovative Contribution to Understanding of Basic Mechanism of Pain, Analgesia and Persistent Pain
Pain is a major health concern and a growing field of research. Molecular biologists have made rapid progress in finding relationships between genetics and pain, and ""Molecular Pain"" is the first book specifically written to bring this research to doctors and pain scientists. Unlike traditional textbooks, this book utilizes basic neuroscience to explain the mechanisms of pain. It explores current pain medicine as well as alternative treatments for chronic pain, such as acupuncture. Edited by a leading neuroscientist and written by international experts, ""Molecular Pain"" is a concise and co
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Pain -- Physiological aspects.
Pain -- Physiopathology.
Pain.
Pain
Pain
Signs and Symptoms
Neurologic Manifestations
Sensation
Psychophysiology
Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Physiological Processes
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Diseases
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Psychiatry and Psychology
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena
Phenomena and Processes
Neuroscience
Human Anatomy & Physiology
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