BookHans-Georg Schaible, editor.
Contents:
Emerging concepts of pain therapy based on neuronal mechanisms
The pharmacology of nociceptor priming
Sodium channels and pain
Role of nerve growth factor in pain
Central sensitization in humans: assessment and pharmacology
Nitric oxide-mediated pain processing in the spinal cord
The role of the endocannabinoid system in pain
The role of glia in the spinal cord in neuropathic and inflammatory pain
Plasticity of inhibition in the spinal cord
Modulation of peripheral inflammation by the spinal cord
The relationship between opiods and immune signalling in the spinal cord
The role of proteases in pain
Amygdala pain mechanisms
Itch and pain differences and commonalities
Index.