Understanding pain : exploring the perception of pain / Fernando Cervero.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780262526067
- ISBN: 0262526069
- Physical Description: 1 volume ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2014.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: 2012. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Pain. Pain perception. Pain > Treatment. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RB 127 .C47 2014 | 30775305551146 | General Collection | Available | - |