Pathological pain : from molecular to clinical aspects.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Novartis Foundation (Japan) for the Promotion of Science
Other Authors: Chadwick, Derek, Goode, Jamie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, 2004.
Series:Novartis Foundation symposium ; 261.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Regulation mechanisms of vanilloid receptors
  • Sodium channels and neuropathic pain
  • Ion channel activities implicated in pathological pain
  • Chronic pain and microglia : the role of ATP
  • Neurotrophic influences on neuropathic pain
  • Changes in DRG neurons and spinal excitability in neuropathy
  • Functional reorganization of the spinal pain pathways in developmental and pathological conditions
  • Central plasticity in pathological pain
  • Anti-opioid systems in morphine tolerance and addiction - locus-specific involvement of nociceptin and the NMDA receptor
  • Chronic morphine-induced plasticity among signalling molecules
  • Opioid tolerance and neuroplasticity
  • A mechanism-based understanding of bone cancer pain
  • Mechanistic and clinical aspects of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
  • Cortical pathophysiology of chronic pain
  • Translating basic research to the clinic