The brain and pain: breakthroughs in neuroscience

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction and Nomenclature

Section I: The Basic Pain Pathway and the Molecular Mechanisms That Determine the Intensity and Duration of Pain

1. 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 Brain

8. 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