| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 172 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
A biological enigma: the meaning of pain -- How much it hurts, measuring pain -- Sensing pain: nociceptors -- The enchanted loom: pain networks -- Pain dynamics: sensitization -- I feel your pain: perception and the brain -- A certain gut feeling: visceral pain -- A mere curse: neuropathic pain -- Sex, genes and stress: pain modulation -- A pain free world: curing pain. |
| Summary |
Cervero explores the mechanisms and the meaning of pain. You touch something hot and your brain triggers a reflex action that causes you to withdraw your hand. That kind of pain is actually good for us; it acts as an alarm that warns us of danger and keeps us away from harm. There is another kind of pain that is more like a curse: chronic pain that is not related to injury. Cervero describes current research into the mysteries of chronic pain and efforts to develop more effective treatments. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pain.
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Pain. |
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Pain perception.
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Pain perception. |
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Pain -- Treatment.
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Pain -- Treatment. |
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Pain. |
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Pain Management. |
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Pain Measurement. |
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Pain Perception. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cervero, Fernando. Understanding pain. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012 9780262018043 (DLC) 2012003899 (OCoLC)781277860 |
| ISBN |
9780262305433 (electronic book) |
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0262305437 (electronic book) |
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9780262018043 |
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0262018047 |
| Standard No. |
9786613887085 |
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