Neuroscience: Focus on Acute and Chronic Pain

by M.A. Tiengo (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788847022584
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	12/06/2012
Series:	Topics in Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Tiengo, M.A., MD

Table of Contents

1 — Camillo Golgi: The Dawning of Neuroscience.- 2 — Neurochemistry of Pain Circuits: Physiological versus Pathological Pain.- 3 — First Affluent Neuron.- 4 — The Involvement of the Brainstem Reticular Formation in Pain Processing.- 5 — The Thalamus and Pain.- 6 — Naloxone, but not Estradiol, Affects the Gonadectomy-Induced Increase in Hippocampal Cholineacetyltransferase Activity in Male Rats.- 7 — Consciousness and Pain.- 8 — Visceral Pain Mechanisms.- 9 — PET-Scan and Electrophysiological Assessment of Neuromodulation Procedures for Pain Control.- 10 — Acute Postoperative Pain Service Models.- 11 — Postoperative Functional Pain Management.- 12 — Timing for Narcotic Drugs in Terminal Illness.- 13 — Ethical Decisions in Terminal Illness.- Main Symbols.

Editorial Reviews

Dedicated to neuroscience pioneer Camillo Golgi, this volume discusses new findings concerning the biological basis of neurotransmission and pain processing and control. Topics include acute postoperative pain service models; guidelines for ethical decisions in terminal illness; opioids in the treatment of cancer pain; the use of regional anaesthesia and fast track in postoperative functional pain management; PET-scan and electrophyiological assessment of neuromodulation procedures for pain control; visceral pain mechanisms; consciousness and pain; the involvement of the brainstem reticular formation in pain processing; and physiological versus pathological pain. The majority of contributors are affiliated with the universities of Siena, Chieti, and Trieste in Italy; others represent university hospitals and institutes in Germany, France, and the US. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR