Neuroscience : focus on acute and chronic pain /

Dedicated to Camillo Golgi, a neuroscience pioneer, the volume deals with the process of diagnosis and the strategies of treatment of pain. The most recent data on the biochemical basis of neurotransmission are reported, and the results of updated researches in pain processing, either concerning the...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tiengo, Mario
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milan ; New York : Springer, [2001]
Series:Topics in anaesthesia and critical care.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Dedicated to Camillo Golgi, a neuroscience pioneer, the volume deals with the process of diagnosis and the strategies of treatment of pain. The most recent data on the biochemical basis of neurotransmission are reported, and the results of updated researches in pain processing, either concerning the brainstem, the thalamus and the limbic system are analysed. The importance of the ethical aspect in decision-making during the treatment of terminally ill patients is underlined.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 122 pages) : illustrations.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9788847022584 (electronic bk.)
8847022584 (electronic bk.)