Main description:

The study of pain has become increasingly important in recent years, with the recognition and developments of techniques used to qualify and quantify a condition that had once been thought of as immeasurable and incomparable from one patient to another. There is a wealth of information available about pain, which is obviously of interest and importance to all medical practitioners, and particularly to neurologists, and anaesthesiologist. "Pain Updated" contributes to and enhances that information, providing the reader with insights into the most up to date high-level research into pain and practical applications on a number of diverse pain-related conditions. It will be a welcome addition to any medical library shelf, and specifically useful for neurologists and pharmacologists.

Contents:

Animal Experiments on Pain: Ethical Guidelines; Relevance of Social Science Concepts to Health Systems: Eualgesic State Management; Endogenous Opioid Systems; Pain Assessment; Role of Ventromedial Hypothalamus in Pain Modulation; Physiology Significant Role of Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor; Amygdalar Influences on Pain; Nociceptors and the Spinal Reflexes; Mechanism Underlying Progresion of Acute to Chronic Pain; Biochemical Correlates of Electrophysiological Ageing of the Brain; Alzheimer's Disease; Pain Assessment as a Marker for Alzheimer's Disease; Pain Assessment in Syndrome X Patients; Neuroprotective Effect of GDNF Against 6-OHDA in Young and Aged Rats; Pain in Neonates; Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Signal Transduction in Biology; Pain Responses in Rats Exposed to 50 Hz Magnetic Field for Varied Durations; Chronic/Recurring Common Headaches; Yoga as Relaxation Therapy for the Management of Headache; Status of Central Opioidergic System and Muscle Spasm in Chronic Tension Type Headache; Cognitive Behavioural therapy in Management of Headache; Endogenous Opioids Status in Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia Patients; Cyclooxygenases; Antinociceptive Effect of Cyclooxygenase and Lipooxygenases (COX/5-LOX) Inhibitors; Herbal Remedies for Pain